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
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
12
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
84
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
58.8%50.0%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
68.1%51.0%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
36.4%47.1%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
33.3%50.0%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
55.0%49.0%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
50.0%66.7%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
51.0%45.0%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
52.7%47.3%
Match Serve+This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
-0.8-6.8
Match Return+This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+6.8+0.8

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2009 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

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)2,0501,833
Current career W-L309–161379–361
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