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Dinara Safina #9 def. Flavia Pennetta #21

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jul 27, 2008*
Tournament	Los Angeles
Category	WTA 500
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Dinara Safina
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	Flavia Pennetta

Stat	Dinara Safina	Flavia Pennetta
Aces	2	4
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	56	50
First serve points won %	78	67
Second serve points won %	38	26
Break points saved %	40	45
Break points converted %	55	60
Service points won %	60	46
Return points won %	54	40
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Dinara Safina	Flavia Pennetta
Country	RUS	ITA
Birth date	Apr 27, 1986	Feb 25, 1982
Age	22	26
Height	182	172
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	9	21
Ranking points (entering)	2,287	1,195
Elo (entering)	2,003	1,818
Career W-L	299–160	418–272
Career earnings	$10,585,640	$14,197,886

Pre-match H2H

Dinara Safina 3 – 0 Flavia Pennetta

Path

Dinara Safina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 26, 2008	SF	Jelena Jankovic	7-6(3) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 26, 2008	QF	Victoria Azarenka	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 2008	R16	Alla Kudryavtseva	7-6(1) 0-6 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 24, 2008	R32	Shuai Peng	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Dinara Safina's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Flavia Pennetta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 26, 2008	SF	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	3-6 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 26, 2008	QF	Sybille Bammer	7-6(3) 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 2008	R16	Ai Sugiyama	7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 24, 2008	R32	Tamira Paszek	2-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 23, 2008	R64	Aleksandra Wozniak	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data