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Alexandra Dulgheru #43 def. Dinara Safina #3

6-4 6-7(5) 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 6, 2010*
Tournament	Rome
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Alexandra Dulgheru
Score	6-4 6-7(5) 6-1
Loser	Dinara Safina

Stat	Alexandra Dulgheru	Dinara Safina
Aces	1	5
Double faults	3	9
First serve %	69	67
First serve points won %	67	54
Second serve points won %	39	32
Break points saved %	40	62
Break points converted %	38	60
Service points won %	58	47
Return points won %	53	42
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alexandra Dulgheru	Dinara Safina
Country	ROU	RUS
Birth date	May 30, 1989	Apr 27, 1986
Age	20	24
Height	172	182
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	43	3
Ranking points (entering)	1,456	5,950
Elo (entering)	1,646	1,928
Career W-L	81–106	299–160
Career earnings	$2,329,967	$10,585,640

Pre-match H2H

Alexandra Dulgheru 0 – 0 Dinara Safina

Path

Alexandra Dulgheru's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 5, 2010	R64	Sara Errani	2-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Alexandra Dulgheru's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2010	R16	Nadia Petrova	0-6 6-3 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Dinara Safina's path

No prior matches in this tournament.