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Dinara Safina

RUS Born Apr 27, 1986 182 cm / 6'0" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 2002–2011

Dinara Safina represented Russia on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 1. TennisDB's records show a 309–161 record in recorded WTA main-draw singles results from 2002 through 2011 and 12 recorded singles titles.

Peak singles rank

1 (Apr 20, 2009)

Elo peak

2128 (97th percentile)

Singles record

309–161 (65.7%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$10,585,640

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Dinara Safina's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Julia Goerges #27	4-6 6-4 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 5, 2011*	R32	Madrid Open	Premier Mandatory → modern equivalent WTA 1000	Clay
Nuria Llagostera Vives #119	5-7 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	May 4, 2011*	R64	Madrid Open	Premier Mandatory → modern equivalent WTA 1000	Clay
Alberta Brianti #94	(w/o)	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 23, 2011*	SF	Fes	International → modern equivalent WTA 250	Clay
Anastasia Pivovarova #116	6-4 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 23, 2011*	QF	Fes	International → modern equivalent WTA 250	Clay
Alizé Cornet #67	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 22, 2011*	R16	Fes	International → modern equivalent WTA 250	Clay

Rivals all rivalries →

Dinara Safina's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Vera Zvonareva	6	6	12	Mar 23, 2011	H2H
Svetlana Kuznetsova	7	5	12	Jun 7, 2009	H2H
Daniela Hantuchova	7	4	11	Mar 12, 2011	H2H
Elena Dementieva	5	6	11	Jan 16, 2010	H2H
Kim Clijsters	2	8	10	Jan 19, 2011	H2H

Singles Titles (12)

Dinara Safina singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles titles	GS	WTA 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA Finals	Tournaments
2002	16	1	—	—	—	1	—	Sopot
2003	17	1	—	—	—	1	—	Palermo
2005	19	2	—	—	1	1	—	Prague Open, Paris Indoor Open
2007	21	1	—	—	—	1	—	Gold Coast
2008	22	4	—	3	1	—	—	Los Angeles, Berlin Open, Canadian Open, Pan Pacific Open
2009	23	3	—	2	—	1	—	Portoroz, Madrid Open, Italian Open
Total		12	—	5	2	5	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Olympic Singles Results (1)

Dinara Safina Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
2008	Beijing Olympics	Silver Medal	5	1	Elena Dementieva #7 def. Dinara Safina #6 3-6 7-5 6-3	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Dinara Safina career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
2002	16	12	5	17	70.6%	453	68
2003	17	18	15	33	54.6%	68	54
2004	18	20	19	39	51.3%	54	44
2005	19	37	19	56	66.1%	44	20
2006	20	44	21	65	67.7%	20	11
2007	21	43	22	65	66.2%	11	15
2008	22	56	19	75	74.7%	15	3
2009	23	55	16	71	77.5%	3	2
2010	24	13	16	29	44.8%	2	63
2011	25	11	9	20	55.0%	63	132
Career		309	161	470	65.7%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Dinara Safina career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
2002	16	2	2	4	50.0%	9	2	11	81.8%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	12	5	17	70.6%
2003	17	8	9	17	47.1%	9	4	13	69.2%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	18	15	33	54.5%
2004	18	12	9	21	57.1%	4	6	10	40.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	4	2	6	66.7%	20	19	39	51.3%
2005	19	16	13	29	55.2%	9	3	12	75.0%	4	2	6	66.7%	8	1	9	88.9%	37	19	56	66.1%
2006	20	21	12	33	63.6%	16	5	21	76.2%	5	2	7	71.4%	2	2	4	50.0%	44	21	65	67.7%
2007	21	24	14	38	63.2%	13	5	18	72.2%	4	2	6	66.7%	2	1	3	66.7%	43	22	65	66.2%
2008	22	36	14	50	72.0%	14	3	17	82.4%	6	2	8	75.0%	—	—	—	—	56	19	75	74.7%
2009	23	27	12	39	69.2%	20	2	22	90.9%	8	2	10	80.0%	—	—	—	—	55	16	71	77.5%
2010	24	12	11	23	52.2%	1	4	5	20.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	13	16	29	44.8%
2011	25	5	6	11	45.5%	6	3	9	66.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	11	9	20	55.0%
Career	—	163	102	265	61.5%	101	37	138	73.2%	27	14	41	65.9%	18	8	26	69.2%	309	161	470	65.7%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Dinara Safina career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
2002	16	0	1	1	0.0%	2	0	2	100.0%	9	2	11	81.8%	1	2	3	33.3%	12	5	17	70.6%
2003	17	0	3	3	0.0%	3	6	9	33.3%	11	6	17	64.7%	4	0	4	100.0%	18	15	33	54.5%
2004	18	0	6	6	0.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	10	8	18	55.6%	5	1	6	83.3%	19	18	37	51.4%
2005	19	3	6	9	33.3%	3	5	8	37.5%	20	8	28	71.4%	10	0	10	100.0%	36	19	55	65.5%
2006	20	4	7	11	36.4%	6	7	13	46.2%	27	6	33	81.8%	7	1	8	87.5%	44	21	65	67.7%
2007	21	2	11	13	15.4%	11	5	16	68.8%	25	6	31	80.6%	5	0	5	100.0%	43	22	65	66.2%
2008	22	12	10	22	54.5%	12	6	18	66.7%	18	2	20	90.0%	13	1	14	92.9%	55	19	74	74.3%
2009	23	4	7	11	36.4%	15	2	17	88.2%	27	5	32	84.4%	8	2	10	80.0%	54	16	70	77.1%
2010	24	2	5	7	28.6%	4	3	7	57.1%	7	8	15	46.7%	0	0	—	—	13	16	29	44.8%
2011	25	1	3	4	25.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	6	2	8	75.0%	4	0	4	100.0%	11	9	20	55.0%
Career		28	59	87	32.2%	60	41	101	59.4%	160	53	213	75.1%	57	7	64	89.1%	305	160	465	65.6%

Opponent ranking data available for 465/470 (98.9%) of Dinara Safina's WTA main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Dinara Safina performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
2003	17	6/33	1.2	4.2	53.5%	63.6%	44.1%	35.8%	38.8%	54.8%	44.2%
2004	18	6/39	5.3	4.2	54.5%	60.5%	36.7%	45.3%	44.5%	49.8%	41.6%
2005	19	9/56	3.1	3.0	64.6%	63.5%	48.0%	48.3%	33.4%	57.9%	39.5%
2006	20	49/65	2.5	4.1	66.3%	63.7%	44.7%	53.3%	49.1%	57.3%	47.2%
2007	21	51/65	4.6	4.7	63.0%	63.5%	47.4%	59.8%	50.9%	57.5%	44.5%
2008	22	64/75	3.9	5.7	62.9%	69.9%	44.5%	52.5%	47.7%	60.4%	48.0%
2009	23	68/71	2.5	5.5	65.6%	68.0%	44.9%	55.6%	53.7%	59.9%	48.6%
2010	24	27/29	1.7	5.8	65.5%	61.4%	39.4%	49.1%	48.9%	53.9%	45.1%
2011	25	18/20	2.6	6.7	60.6%	63.3%	43.1%	51.4%	54.8%	55.2%	46.2%
Career		298/470	3.1	5.1	63.9%	65.7%	44.5%	53.5%	49.7%	58.0%	46.6%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 298/470 (63.4%) of Dinara Safina's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Dinara Safina advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
2002	16	1667	133.0	—	—	—	—	-103	+63	—	63.2%	+1.13	4–2 (67%)	3–3 (50%)	105.1	-0.29
2003	17	1749	135.3	+0.19	+0.42	0.979	48.8%	-102	+66	—	57.5%	+0.55	3–8 (27%)	2–5 (29%)	92.7	-1.56
2004	18	1714	138.8	-1.62	-0.49	0.830	46.5%	+32	-9	—	51.2%	+0.20	6–6 (50%)	1–5 (17%)	96.6	-1.30
2005	19	1832	141.9	+1.43	-1.83	0.937	48.6%	-7	-51	-239	62.5%	+0.70	10–8 (56%)	11–4 (73%)	104.7	-1.43
2006	20	1870	153.3	+1.50	+3.28	1.104	52.3%	-58	+92	-143	64.8%	+1.15	10–4 (71%)	5–4 (56%)	105.4	+0.58
2007	21	1874	147.7	+1.87	+1.42	1.047	51.3%	-27	+135	-101	61.1%	+0.67	12–6 (67%)	10–5 (67%)	107.0	+1.56
2008	22	2034	163.1	+5.48	+4.99	1.212	54.2%	-33	+67	-222	68.8%	+1.40	15–7 (68%)	14–7 (67%)	108.4	-1.23
2009	23	1957	156.2	+4.17	+4.65	1.212	54.1%	-63	+244	-32	71.6%	+1.59	16–6 (73%)	7–9 (44%)	98.7	-0.82
2010	24	1799	141.9	-0.37	+2.20	0.978	49.5%	+11	+257	—	48.4%	-0.22	3–5 (38%)	6–4 (60%)	95.1	-1.09
2011	25	1811	133.4	-0.12	+1.99	1.031	50.7%	-7	+213	—	60.5%	+0.14	3–4 (43%)	3–0 (100%)	99.3	-2.12
Career		2128	155.0	+2.67	+3.18	1.108	52.3%	-31	+108	-139	62.9%	+0.89	82–56 (59%)	62–46 (57%)	105.0	-1.65

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Dinara Safina Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
2002	16	—	—	—	R64	1–1 (50%)
2003	17	R128	R128	R128	R16	3–4 (43%)
2004	18	R32	R64	R128	R128	3–4 (43%)
2005	19	R64	R128	R32	R128	3–4 (43%)
2006	20	R64	QF	R32	QF	11–4 (73%)
2007	21	R32	R16	R64	R16	9–4 (69%)
2008	22	R128	F	R32	SF	13–4 (76%)
2009	23	F	F	SF	R32	19–4 (83%)
2010	24	R16	R128	—	R128	3–3 (50%)
2011	25	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		15–9 (62%)	20–8 (71%)	12–7 (63%)	18–9 (67%)	65–33 (66%)

WTA 1000

Dinara Safina WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	BEI	CIN	DOH	DUB	IW	MAD	MIA	ITA	SDG	PAN	BER	CAN	CHA	MOS	ZUR	W-L Win %
2002	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	1–1 (50%)
2003	17	—	—	—	—	R128	—	R64	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	4–5 (44%)
2004	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	R16	—	2–4 (33%)
2005	19	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	R16	—	R32	R32	—	SF	—	8–6 (57%)
2006	20	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R64	F	R64	—	QF	SF	QF	R32	—	16–8 (67%)
2007	21	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	QF	R16	—	QF	R16	F	SF	R32	17–9 (65%)
2008	22	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	W	W	W	R16	SF	—	24–5 (83%)
2009	23	R32	F	—	R32	QF	W	R32	W	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	19–7 (73%)
2010	24	R64	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	R64	—	R16	—	—	—	3–6 (33%)
2011	25	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5–3 (62%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	5–2 (71%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	12–7 (63%)	6–2 (75%)	8–8 (50%)	14–5 (74%)	3–3 (50%)	4–2 (67%)	13–5 (72%)	13–5 (72%)	7–3 (70%)	11–7 (61%)	0–1 (0%)	99–54 (65%)

WTA 500

Dinara Safina WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	ANT	BEI	DUB	EAS	PAR	SHA	POR	AME	BAN	POR	LIN	LOS	LUX	MER	NEW	SYD	W-L Win %
2003	17	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–2 (50%)
2004	18	R16	R16	—	R32	SF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	6–6 (50%)
2005	19	R32	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	SF	—	—	—	11–4 (73%)
2006	20	QF	—	—	—	QF	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	QF	QF	—	—	R16	11–7 (61%)
2007	21	QF	—	—	—	QF	—	R16	QF	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	QF	R32	9–8 (53%)
2008	22	—	—	R16	—	—	—	QF	R16	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	R32	8–4 (67%)
2009	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	F	9–3 (75%)
2010	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	QF	5–5 (50%)
W-L		5–4 (56%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	12–3 (80%)	2–1 (67%)	8–5 (62%)	6–4 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	10–4 (71%)	4–2 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	3–3 (50%)	6–5 (55%)	61–39 (61%)

WTA 250

Dinara Safina WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ASB	DOH	EST	LIB	MAD	KOR	BAL	CAN	FES	GOL	GUA	HAS	HOB	KUA	LUX	MAR	PAL	POR	PRA	SOP	STR	TAS	W-L Win %
2002	16	—	—	SF	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	R16	10–3 (77%)
2003	17	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	QF	—	—	9–4 (69%)
2004	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	QF	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	9–5 (64%)
2005	19	—	—	SF	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	SF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	15–5 (75%)
2006	20	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6–2 (75%)
2007	21	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8–1 (89%)
2008	22	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6–2 (75%)
2009	23	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	8–1 (89%)
2010	24	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–2 (50%)
2011	25	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	6–5 (55%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	6–2 (75%)	15–6 (71%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	13–4 (76%)	2–1 (67%)	3–1 (75%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	4–1 (80%)	2–1 (67%)	5–0 (100%)	5–0 (100%)	5–0 (100%)	8–2 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	79–30 (72%)

WTA Finals

Dinara Safina WTA Finals results by season
Season	Age	WTA	W-L Win %
2008	22	RR	0–3 (0%)
2009	23	RR	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–4 (0%)	0–4 (0%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Apr 20, 2009

First Top 100

Jul 29, 2002

First Top 50

Jul 14, 2003

First Top 20

Oct 17, 2005

First Top 10

Oct 2, 2006

Ranking History Matrix

Dinara Safina ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2001	15	—	—	—	493	455	452	452	462	459	397	397	453
2002	16	451	429	379	238	201	188	90	91	83	68	68	68
2003	17	69	63	58	70	58	60	75	71	54	54	54	54
2004	18	48	32	32	31	36	32	41	42	54	52	44	44
2005	19	47	38	35	38	30	32	26	22	25	20	20	20
2006	20	17	19	20	18	17	17	15	13	11	11	11	11
2007	21	12	12	14	10	11	14	14	16	17	16	15	15
2008	22	16	15	13	17	14	9	8	7	3	2	3	3
2009	23	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
2010	24	2	2	3	3	9	22	35	50	49	63	63	63
2011	25	117	113	91	65	66	64	68	120	130	132	130	132
2012	26	134	136	187	452	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other WTA players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Dinara Safina's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	GS	W1000	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Jelena Jankovic	SRB	#1	2,139	889	552	337	62.1%	$19,089,259	15	0	6	2001–2017	Rivalries	Match log
Ana Ivanovic	SRB	#1	2,118	640	423	217	66.1%	$15,510,787	15	1	3	2004–2016	Rivalries	Match log
Venus Williams (active player)	USA	#1	2,368	1,082	782	300	72.3%	$43,351,940	49	7	9	1994–2026	Rivalries	Match log
Maria Sharapova	RUS	#1	2,264	776	601	175	77.4%	$38,777,962	36	5	14	2002–2020	Rivalries	Match log
Amélie Mauresmo	FRA	#1	2,225	648	463	185	71.5%	$15,022,476	25	2	6	1995–2009	Rivalries	Match log
Kim Clijsters	BEL	#1	2,299	594	466	128	78.5%	$24,545,194	41	4	7	1999–2021	Rivalries	Match log
Victoria Azarenka (active player)	BLR	#1	2,249	850	582	268	68.5%	$38,890,473	21	2	10	2005–2025	Rivalries	Match log
Justine Henin	BEL	#1	2,394	550	448	102	81.5%	$20,863,335	43	7	10	1999–2011	Rivalries	Match log
Angelique Kerber	GER	#1	2,055	754	477	277	63.3%	$32,545,460	14	3	0	2006–2024	Rivalries	Match log
Caroline Wozniacki	DEN	#1	2,154	895	620	275	69.3%	$36,479,231	30	1	6	2005–2024	Rivalries	Match log
Karolina Pliskova (active player)	CZE	#1	2,045	678	430	248	63.4%	$27,178,922	17	0	2	2007–2026	Rivalries	Match log
Na Li	CHN	#2	2,117	499	339	160	67.9%	$16,709,074	9	2	1	2000–2014	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

When was Dinara Safina born?: Dinara Safina was born on April 27, 1986.
Which country did Dinara Safina represent?: Dinara Safina represented Russia in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Dinara Safina?: Dinara Safina is 182 cm / 6'0".
Does Dinara Safina use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Dinara Safina uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Dinara Safina left-handed or right-handed?: Dinara Safina plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Dinara Safina won?: No Grand Slam singles titles are recorded for Dinara Safina in TennisDB's covered main-draw results.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Dinara Safina won?: TennisDB groups 5 of Dinara Safina's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category. All 5 were won under documented predecessor category names and are shown using the modern equivalent. The latest season with a recorded title was 2009.
How many WTA titles has Dinara Safina won?: TennisDB records 12 WTA singles titles for Dinara Safina across all categories. The latest season with a recorded title was 2009.
What is Dinara Safina's highest WTA ranking?: Dinara Safina's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 1, first achieved on April 20, 2009.
What is Dinara Safina's career win-loss record?: Dinara Safina has 309 wins and 161 losses (65.7%) in recorded WTA main-draw singles results from 2002 through 2011.
How much career prize money has Dinara Safina earned?: Dinara Safina has earned at least $10,585,640 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Dinara Safina's career appear in TennisDB?: Dinara Safina appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 2002 through 2011.
On which surface does Dinara Safina have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Dinara Safina's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 73.2% (101–37).
Who has Dinara Safina faced most often?: Dinara Safina's most frequent opponent is Vera Zvonareva, with a head-to-head record of 6–6 across 12 meetings.