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Maria Kirilenko #58 def. Dinara Safina #2

5-4 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Jan 26, 2010*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Maria Kirilenko
Score	5-4 (ret.)
Loser	Dinara Safina

Stat	Maria Kirilenko	Dinara Safina
Aces	1	0
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	61	60
First serve points won %	55	58
Second serve points won %	69	41
Break points saved %	67	86
Break points converted %	14	33
Service points won %	61	51
Return points won %	49	39
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Maria Kirilenko	Dinara Safina
Country	RUS	RUS
Birth date	Jan 25, 1987	Apr 27, 1986
Age	23	23
Height	174	182
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	58	2
Ranking points (entering)	1,115	7,600
Elo (entering)	1,771	1,962
Career W-L	282–228	299–160
Career earnings	$6,855,919	$10,585,640

Pre-match H2H

Maria Kirilenko 0 – 1 Dinara Safina

Path

Maria Kirilenko's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2010	R32	Roberta Vinci	7-5 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2010	R64	Yvonne Meusburger	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2010	R128	Maria Sharapova	7-6(4) 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Maria Kirilenko's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2010	QF	Jie Zheng	1-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Dinara Safina's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2010	R32	Elena Baltacha	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2010	R64	Barbora Strycova	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2010	R128	Magdalena Rybarikova	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data