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Dinara Safina #3 def. Alizé Cornet #16

6-2 2-6 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jan 27, 2009*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Dinara Safina
Score	6-2 2-6 7-5
Loser	Alizé Cornet

Stat	Dinara Safina	Alizé Cornet
Aces	1	2
Double faults	8	4
First serve %	59	50
First serve points won %	68	51
Second serve points won %	36	47
Break points saved %	33	50
Break points converted %	50	67
Service points won %	55	49
Return points won %	51	45
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Dinara Safina	Alizé Cornet
Country	RUS	FRA
Birth date	Apr 27, 1986	Jan 22, 1990
Age	22	19
Height	182	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	16
Ranking points (entering)	7,754	3,032
Elo (entering)	2,038	1,827
Career W-L	299–160	376–358
Career earnings	$10,585,640	$10,531,464

Pre-match H2H

Dinara Safina 1 – 0 Alizé Cornet

Path

Dinara Safina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2009	R32	Kaia Kanepi	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2009	R64	Ekaterina Makarova	6-7(3) 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2009	R128	Alla Kudryavtseva	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Dinara Safina's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 2009	QF	Jelena Dokic	6-4 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Alizé Cornet's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2009	R32	Daniela Hantuchova	4-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2009	R64	Andrea Petkovic	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2009	R128	Mariya Koryttseva	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data