R16 Australian Open 2009

Dinara Safina #3 def. Alizé Cornet #16

6-2 2-6 7-5

Dinara Safina defeated Alizé Cornet 6-2 2-6 7-5 in the 2009 Australian Open fourth round on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatDinara SafinaAlizé Cornet
Aces12
Double faults84
First serve %59.0%50.0%
First serve points won %68.0%51.0%
Second serve points won %36.0%47.0%
Break points saved %33.0%50.0%
Break points converted %50.0%67.0%
Service points won %55.0%49.0%
Return points won %51.0%45.0%
Total points won %53.0%47.0%

Player Comparison

FieldDinara SafinaAlizé Cornet
Country RUS FRA
Birth dateApr 27, 1986Jan 22, 1990
Age2219
Height182 cm173 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)316
Ranking points (entering)7,7543,032
Elo (entering)2,0481,832
Current career W-L304–161379–361
Current career earnings$10,585,640$10,531,464
Pre-match H2H
Dinara Safina #3 1 0 Alizé Cornet #16

Path

Dinara Safina's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Kaia Kanepi #286-2 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 24, 2009R32
Ekaterina Makarova #496-7(3) 6-3 6-0WH2HMatch dataJan 22, 2009R64
Alla Kudryavtseva #706-3 6-4WH2HMatch dataJan 21, 2009R128

Dinara Safina's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Jelena Dokic #1876-4 4-6 6-4WH2HMatch dataJan 29, 2009QF

Alizé Cornet's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Daniela Hantuchova #214-6 6-4 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 24, 2009R32
Andrea Petkovic #3856-1 6-0WH2HMatch dataJan 22, 2009R64
Mariya Koryttseva #666-3 6-4WH2HMatch dataJan 21, 2009R128