F Italian Open 2009

Dinara Safina #1 def. Svetlana Kuznetsova #8

6-3 6-2

Dinara Safina defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3 6-2 in the 2009 Italian Open final on clay courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatDinara SafinaSvetlana Kuznetsova
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
01
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
13
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
72.3%69.6%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
57.4%54.2%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
61.1%28.6%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
75.0%50.0%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
58.5%46.4%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
50.0%25.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
53.6%41.5%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
56.0%44.0%
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.
+2.6-9.4
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.
+9.4-2.7

* 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 SafinaSvetlana Kuznetsova
Country RUS RUS
Birth dateApr 27, 1986Jun 27, 1985
Age2323
Height182 cm174 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)18
Ranking points (entering)9,0714,776
Elo (entering)2,0522,039
Current career W-L304–161594–323
Current career earnings$10,585,640$25,816,890
Pre-match H2H

Path

Dinara Safina's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Venus Williams #56-7(3) 6-3 6-4WH2HMatch dataMay 8, 2009SF
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez #484-6 6-3 6-0WH2HMatch dataMay 8, 2009QF
Jie Zheng #175-7 6-1 7-6(3)WH2HMatch dataMay 7, 2009R16
Virginie Razzano #357-6(1) 6-1WH2HMatch dataMay 6, 2009R32

Dinara Safina's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Svetlana Kuznetsova's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Victoria Azarenka #96-2 6-4WH2HMatch dataMay 8, 2009SF
Jelena Jankovic #46-1 7-6(3)WH2HMatch dataMay 8, 2009QF
Flavia Pennetta #146-3 3-6 6-0WH2HMatch dataMay 7, 2009R16
Daniela Hantuchova #406-3 6-3WH2HMatch dataMay 6, 2009R32