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Martina Hingis #21 def. Dinara Safina #19

6-2 7-5

Match Information

Date	May 21, 2006*
Tournament	Rome
Category	WTA 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Martina Hingis
Score	6-2 7-5
Loser	Dinara Safina

Stat	Martina Hingis	Dinara Safina
Aces	1	1
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	61	62
First serve points won %	64	54
Second serve points won %	48	33
Break points saved %	67	33
Break points converted %	67	33
Service points won %	58	46
Return points won %	54	42
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Martina Hingis	Dinara Safina
Country	SUI	RUS
Birth date	Sep 30, 1980	Apr 27, 1986
Age	25	20
Height	170	182
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	21	19
Ranking points (entering)	860	914
Elo (entering)	2,085	1,950
Career W-L	515–126	299–160
Career earnings	$24,749,074	$10,585,640

Pre-match H2H

Martina Hingis 1 – 0 Dinara Safina

Path

Martina Hingis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 20, 2006	SF	Venus Williams	0-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 20, 2006	QF	Flavia Pennetta	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2006	R16	Francesca Schiavone	6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2006	R32	Nicole Vaidisova	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2006	R64	Sara Errani	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Martina Hingis's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Dinara Safina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 20, 2006	SF	Svetlana Kuznetsova	3-6 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 20, 2006	QF	Elena Dementieva	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2006	R16	Kim Clijsters	6-4 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2006	R32	Maria Elena Camerin	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2006	R64	Laura Pous-Tio	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data