SF Australian Open 2009

Dinara Safina #3 def. Vera Zvonareva #7

6-3 7-6(4)

Dinara Safina defeated Vera Zvonareva 6-3 7-6(4) in the 2009 Australian Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 30, 2009*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 2009
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Stat	Dinara Safina	Vera Zvonareva
Aces	4	2
Double faults	5	4
First serve %	56.0%	62.0%
First serve points won %	66.0%	60.0%
Second serve points won %	43.0%	31.0%
Break points saved %	67.0%	55.0%
Break points converted %	45.0%	33.0%
Service points won %	56.0%	49.0%
Return points won %	51.0%	44.0%
Total points won %	54.0%	46.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Dinara Safina	Vera Zvonareva
Country	RUS	RUS
Birth date	Apr 27, 1986	Sep 7, 1984
Age	22	24
Height	182 cm	172 cm
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)	2,057	2,055
Current career W-L	304–161	466–270
Current career earnings	$10,585,640	$16,995,231

Pre-match H2H

Dinara Safina #3 5 – 4 Vera Zvonareva #7

Path

Dinara Safina's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jelena Dokic #187	6-4 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 29, 2009	QF
Alizé Cornet #16	6-2 2-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 27, 2009	R16
Kaia Kanepi #28	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 24, 2009	R32
Ekaterina Makarova #49	6-7(3) 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 22, 2009	R64
Alla Kudryavtseva #70	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 21, 2009	R128

Dinara Safina's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Serena Williams #2	0-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 31, 2009	F

Vera Zvonareva's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Marion Bartoli #17	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 29, 2009	QF
Nadia Petrova #11	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 27, 2009	R16
Sara Errani #39	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 24, 2009	R32
Edina Gallovits Hall	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 22, 2009	R64
Magdalena Rybarikova #50	7-6(2) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 21, 2009	R128