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Dinara Safina #3 def. Vera Zvonareva #7

6-3 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Jan 30, 2009*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Dinara Safina
Score	6-3 7-6(4)
Loser	Vera Zvonareva

Stat	Dinara Safina	Vera Zvonareva
Aces	4	2
Double faults	5	4
First serve %	56	62
First serve points won %	66	60
Second serve points won %	43	31
Break points saved %	67	55
Break points converted %	45	33
Service points won %	56	49
Return points won %	51	44
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Dinara Safina	Vera Zvonareva
Country	RUS	RUS
Birth date	Apr 27, 1986	Sep 7, 1984
Age	22	24
Height	182	172
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	7
Ranking points (entering)	7,754	5,744
Elo (entering)	2,048	2,038
Career W-L	299–160	459–268
Career earnings	$10,585,640	$16,987,921

Pre-match H2H

Dinara Safina 5 – 4 Vera Zvonareva

Path

Dinara Safina's path

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
Jan 27, 2009	R16	Alizé Cornet	6-2 2-6 7-5	W	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 31, 2009	F	Serena Williams	0-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Vera Zvonareva's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 2009	QF	Marion Bartoli	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2009	R16	Nadia Petrova	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2009	R32	Sara Errani	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2009	R64	Edina Gallovits Hall	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2009	R128	Magdalena Rybarikova	7-6(2) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data