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Dinara Safina #14 def. Maria Sharapova #1

6-7(6) 7-6(5) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jun 2, 2008*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Dinara Safina
Score	6-7(6) 7-6(5) 6-2
Loser	Maria Sharapova

Stat	Dinara Safina	Maria Sharapova
Aces	4	0
Double faults	8	7
First serve %	63	63
First serve points won %	69	64
Second serve points won %	50	42
Break points saved %	43	62
Break points converted %	38	57
Service points won %	62	56
Return points won %	44	38
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Dinara Safina	Maria Sharapova
Country	RUS	RUS
Birth date	Apr 27, 1986	Apr 19, 1987
Age	22	21
Height	182	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	14	1
Ranking points (entering)	1,662	4,116
Elo (entering)	1,932	2,181
Career W-L	299–160	596–174
Career earnings	$10,585,640	$38,777,962

Pre-match H2H

Dinara Safina 2 – 3 Maria Sharapova

Path

Dinara Safina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2008	R32	Jie Zheng	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2008	R64	Magdalena Rybarikova	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2008	R128	Kateryna Volodko	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Dinara Safina's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 2008	QF	Elena Dementieva	4-6 7-6(5) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Maria Sharapova's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2008	R32	Karin Knapp	7-6(4) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2008	R64	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	6-2 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2008	R128	Evgeniya Rodina	6-1 3-6 8-6	W	H2H	Match data