How old is Dinara Safina?

Dinara Safina is 40 years old, born on April 27, 1986.

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 Slams has Dinara Safina won?

Dinara Safina has not won a Grand Slam title.

How many WTA 1000 titles has Dinara Safina won?

Dinara Safina has won 5 WTA 1000 titles. The most recent was Rome in 2009.

How many WTA titles has Dinara Safina won?

Dinara Safina has won 11 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent other title was Portoroz in 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 a career WTA singles record of 299 wins and 160 losses (65.1%).

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.

When did Dinara Safina play professional tennis?

Dinara Safina turned professional in 2002 and was active through 2011.

What is Dinara Safina's best surface?

Dinara Safina's best surface is clay court with a 73.2% win rate (101W-37L).

Who is Dinara Safina's biggest rival?

Dinara Safina's most frequent opponent is Vera Zvonareva, with a head-to-head record of 6–6 across 12 meetings.

Dinara Safina

RUS Age 40 182 cm / 6'0" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand Pro 2002–2011

Peak ranking

1 (Apr 20, 2009)

Elo peak

2120 (96.5%ile)

Career record

299–160 (65.1%)

Career titles

Prize money

$10,585,640

Recent WTA Matches full match log →

Date	Tournament	Category	Round	Surface	Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match
May 5, 2011*	Madrid	WTA 1000	R32	Clay	Julia Goerges #27	4-6 6-4 4-6	L	H2H	Match data
May 4, 2011*	Madrid	WTA 1000	R64	Clay	Nuria Llagostera Vives #119	5-7 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2011*	Fes	WTA 250	SF	Clay	Alberta Brianti #94	(w/o)	L	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2011*	Fes	WTA 250	QF	Clay	Anastasia Pivovarova #116	6-4 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 2011*	Fes	WTA 250	R16	Clay	Alizé Cornet #67	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rivals full rivalries list →

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 9, 2011	H2H
Kim Clijsters	2	8	10	Jan 19, 2011	H2H
Elena Dementieva	5	5	10	Jan 16, 2010	H2H

Titles (11)

Season	Age	Titles	GS	WTA 1000	500	250	WTA Finals	Tournaments
2002	16	1	—	—	—	1	—	Sopot
2003	17	1	—	—	—	1	—	Palermo
2005	19	2	—	—	1	1	—	Prague , Paris
2008	22	4	—	3	1	—	—	Los Angeles , Berlin , Montreal , Tokyo
2009	23	3	—	2	—	1	—	Portoroz , Madrid , Rome
Total		11	—	5	2	4	—

Career Results

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	38	22	60	63.3%	11	15
2008	22	51	18	69	73.9%	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		299	160	459	65.1%	—	—

Career Results by 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	19	14	33	57.6%	13	5	18	72.2%	4	2	6	66.7%	2	1	3	66.7%	38	22	60	63.3%
2008	22	31	13	44	70.5%	14	3	17	82.4%	6	2	8	75.0%	—	—	—	—	51	18	69	73.9%
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	—	153	101	254	60.2%	101	37	138	73.2%	27	14	41	65.9%	18	8	26	69.2%	299	160	459	65.1%

Career Results by 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	4	8	50.0%	11	8	19	57.9%	5	1	6	83.3%	20	19	39	51.3%
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	1	11	12	8.3%	8	5	13	61.5%	24	6	30	80.0%	5	0	5	100.0%	38	22	60	63.3%
2008	22	11	9	20	55.0%	12	6	18	66.7%	15	2	17	88.2%	12	1	13	92.3%	50	18	68	73.5%
2009	23	5	7	12	41.7%	15	2	17	88.2%	27	5	32	84.4%	8	2	10	80.0%	55	16	71	77.5%
2010	24	2	5	7	28.6%	4	3	7	57.1%	7	6	13	53.8%	0	0	—	—	13	14	27	48.1%
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		27	58	85	31.8%	57	42	99	57.6%	157	51	208	75.5%	56	7	63	88.9%	297	158	455	65.3%

Opponent ranking data available for 455/459 (99.1%) of Dinara Safina's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Season	Age	ELO	ELO %	Hard %	Clay %	Grass %	Set Win %	Set Margin	SoS %	Deep Run %	Dec. Set W%	TB W	TB L	TB W%
2002	16	1667	82	63	85	—	63.2%	+1.22	63	33	67	3	3	50
2003	17	1750	90	78	89	—	57.5%	+0.70	79	25	27	2	5	29
2004	18	1714	87	90	79	—	51.2%	+0.20	79	21	50	1	5	17
2005	19	1840	93	93	87	57	62.5%	+0.82	86	33	56	11	4	73
2006	20	1871	94	91	96	82	64.8%	+1.23	89	62	71	5	4	56
2007	21	1863	94	91	95	85	59.1%	+0.60	88	45	63	8	5	62
2008	22	2021	98	97	99	89	67.9%	+1.50	95	55	70	11	7	61
2009	23	1951	98	94	100	95	71.6%	+1.72	91	58	73	7	9	44
2010	24	1796	90	90	99	—	48.4%	-0.18	93	25	38	6	4	60
2011	25	1783	91	90	98	—	60.5%	+0.27	81	22	43	3	0	100
Career		1845	93	91	94	79	62.4%	+0.83	86	40	59	57	46	55

Tournament Results by Category

Results show best round reached per tournament per season.

Grand Slams

Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO
2002	16	—	—	—	R64
2003	17	R128	R128	R128	R16
2004	18	R32	R64	R128	R128
2005	19	R64	R128	R32	R128
2006	20	R64	QF	R32	QF
2007	21	R32	R16	R64	R16
2008	22	R128	F	R32	SF
2009	23	F	F	SF	R32
2010	24	R16	R128	—	R128
2011	25	R128	—	—	—

WTA 1000

Season	Age	BEI	CIN	DOH	DUB	IW	MAD	MIA	ROM	SDG	TKY	BER	CHA	MON	MOS	TOR	ZUR
2002	16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—
2003	17	—	—	QF	—	R128	—	R64	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—
2004	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	R16	—	—
2005	19	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	SF	R32	—
2006	20	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R64	F	R64	—	QF	QF	SF	R32	—	—
2007	21	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	QF	R16	—	QF	F	—	SF	R16	R32
2008	22	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	W	W	R16	W	SF	—	—
2009	23	R32	F	—	R32	QF	W	R32	W	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—
2010	24	R64	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	R16	—	—	—
2011	25	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

WTA 500

Season	Age	ANT	BEI	DUB	EAS	HER	PAR	SDG	SHA	STU	AME	FIL	GOL	HAS	LIN	LOS	LUX	NEW	STA	STR	SYD
2003	17	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2004	18	R16	R16	—	R32	—	SF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—
2005	19	R32	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	SF	—	R16	SF	—	—	—	—
2006	20	QF	—	—	—	F	QF	—	—	R16	R16	—	SF	—	—	QF	QF	—	—	—	R16
2007	21	QF	—	—	—	SF	QF	—	—	R16	QF	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	QF	—	—	R32
2008	22	—	—	R16	—	F	—	—	—	QF	R16	—	QF	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	R32
2009	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	F
2010	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	QF

WTA 250

Season	Age	AUC	EST	HER	SEL	BAL	CAN	FES	GOL	GUA	HOB	KUA	LUX	MAR	PAL	POR	PRA	SOP	TAS
2002	16	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	R16
2003	17	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	QF	—
2004	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	QF	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	R16	—
2005	19	—	SF	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—
2009	23	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—
2010	24	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011	25	R32	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	R32	R16	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—

WTA Finals

Season	Age	WTA
2008	22	RR
2009	23	RR

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

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 ranked by a composite similarity score over country, era, and peak rank.

Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Grand Slams	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Active Years	Match Log
Maria Sharapova	RUS	1	2,238	5	36	770	596	174	77.4%	2002-2020	Match log
Svetlana Kuznetsova	RUS	2	2,097	2	18	899	580	319	64.5%	2001-2021	Match log
Elena Dementieva	RUS	3	2,108	0	15	715	472	243	66.0%	1997-2010	Match log
Martina Navratilova	USA	1	2,664	18	168	1,654	1,427	227	86.3%	1972-2005	Match log
Serena Williams	USA	1	2,405	23	71	995	825	170	82.9%	1997-2026	Match log
Venus Williams	USA	1	2,362	7	47	1,056	768	288	72.7%	1994-2026	Match log
Lindsay Davenport	USA	1	2,353	3	54	894	704	190	78.7%	1991-2008	Match log
Conchita Martínez	ESP	2	2,263	1	33	944	669	275	70.9%	1988-2005	Match log
Caroline Wozniacki	DEN	1	2,153	1	29	874	605	269	69.2%	2005-2024	Match log
Victoria Azarenka	BLR	1	2,203	2	21	841	575	266	68.4%	2005-2025	Match log
Jelena Jankovic	SRB	1	2,132	0	15	879	547	332	62.2%	2001-2017	Match log
Martina Hingis	SUI	1	2,385	5	43	641	515	126	80.3%	1994-2007	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Dinara Safina?: Dinara Safina is 40 years old, born on April 27, 1986.
Which country is Dinara Safina from?: Dinara Safina is from Russia.
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 Slams has Dinara Safina won?: Dinara Safina has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Dinara Safina won?: Dinara Safina has won 5 WTA 1000 titles. The most recent was Rome in 2009.
How many WTA titles has Dinara Safina won?: Dinara Safina has won 11 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent other title was Portoroz in 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 a career WTA singles record of 299 wins and 160 losses (65.1%).
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.
When did Dinara Safina play professional tennis?: Dinara Safina turned professional in 2002 and was active through 2011.
What is Dinara Safina's best surface?: Dinara Safina's best surface is clay court with a 73.2% win rate (101W-37L).
Who is Dinara Safina's biggest rival?: Dinara Safina's most frequent opponent is Vera Zvonareva, with a head-to-head record of 6–6 across 12 meetings.