H2H data updated: 2026-09-14 00:00 UTC

Dinara Safina vs Elena Baltacha H2H: 1-0

Dinara Safina holds a 1–0 lead over Elena Baltacha in their WTA head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Dinara Safina leads 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Dinara Safina won the 2010 Australian Open third round 6-1 6-2.

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Dinara Safina
RUS Age 40 Right-Handed 182 cm / 6'0"
H2H
1 – 0
1 main-draw meetings
Elena Baltacha
GBR Right-Handed 175 cm / 5'9"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Dinara Safina #2 6-1 6-2 Elena Baltacha #83 Match data Jan 23, 2010* R32 Australian Open Grand Slam Hard

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Dinara Safina #452 #1 10,521 2,126 304 161 65.4% 0 5 0 2 4 11
Elena Baltacha #225 #49 1,179 1,670 48 75 39.0% 0 0 0 0 0 0

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Dinara Safina Elena Baltacha
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
16 2002 12–5 70.6% #68 1,666 0 1 — — — — — — —
17 2003 18–15 54.5% #54 1,749 0 2 2001 0–2 0.0% #242 1,488 0 0
18 2004 20–19 51.3% #44 1,713 0 2 2002 2–2 50.0% #157 1,518 0 0
19 2005 37–19 66.1% #20 1,832 0 4 2003 0–3 0.0% #382 1,491 0 0
20 2006 44–21 67.7% #11 1,870 0 4 2004 1–2 33.3% #185 1,498 0 0
21 2007 38–22 63.3% #15 1,864 0 4 2005 3–4 42.9% #129 1,506 0 0
22 2008 56–19 74.7% #3 2,032 0 8 — — — — — — —
23 2009 55–16 77.5% #2 1,956 0 11 2007 2–4 33.3% #187 1,508 0 0
24 2010 13–16 44.8% #63 1,798 0 11 2008 1–4 20.0% #136 1,495 0 0
25 2011 11–9 55.0% #132 1,810 0 11 2009 3–5 37.5% #84 1,521 0 0
26 — — — — — — — 2010 15–15 50.0% #55 1,630 0 0
27 — — — — — — — 2011 14–18 43.8% #51 1,627 0 0
28 — — — — — — — 2012 5–12 29.4% #174 1,566 0 0
29 — — — — — — — 2013 2–4 33.3% #225 1,558 0 0

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Dinara Safina Elena Baltacha
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
16 2002 2 2 4 50.0% 9 2 11 81.8% — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
17 2003 8 9 17 47.1% 9 4 13 69.2% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 2001 — — — — — — — — 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
18 2004 12 9 21 57.1% 4 6 10 40.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 4 2 6 66.7% 2002 — — — — — — — — 2 2 4 50.0% — — — —
19 2005 16 13 29 55.2% 9 3 12 75.0% 4 2 6 66.7% 8 1 9 88.9% 2003 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
20 2006 21 12 33 63.6% 16 5 21 76.2% 5 2 7 71.4% 2 2 4 50.0% 2004 — — — — — — — — 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
21 2007 19 14 33 57.6% 13 5 18 72.2% 4 2 6 66.7% 2 1 3 66.7% 2005 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — 1 3 4 25.0% — — — —
22 2008 36 14 50 72.0% 14 3 17 82.4% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
23 2009 27 12 39 69.2% 20 2 22 90.9% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — — 2007 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — 1 3 4 25.0% — — — —
24 2010 12 11 23 52.2% 1 4 5 20.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2008 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
25 2011 5 6 11 45.5% 6 3 9 66.7% — — — — — — — — 2009 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2 3 5 40.0% — — — —
26 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2010 12 10 22 54.5% 1 2 3 33.3% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — —
27 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2011 10 13 23 43.5% 2 3 5 40.0% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — —
28 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2012 2 6 8 25.0% 0 3 3 0.0% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — —
29 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2013 — — — — 1 2 3 33.3% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
Career — 158 102 260 60.8% 101 37 138 73.2% 27 14 41 65.9% 18 8 26 69.2% — 28 35 63 44.4% 4 11 15 26.7% 16 29 45 35.6% — — — —

Performance Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 298/448 of Dinara Safina's and 104/117 of Elena Baltacha's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Age Dinara Safina Elena Baltacha
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
17 2003 6/33 1.2 4.2 53.5% 63.6% 44.1% 35.8% 38.8% 54.8% 44.2% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
18 2004 6/39 5.3 4.2 54.5% 60.5% 36.7% 45.3% 44.5% 49.8% 41.6% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
19 2005 9/56 3.1 3.0 64.6% 63.5% 48.0% 48.3% 33.4% 57.9% 39.5% 2003 1/3 3.0 5.0 47.5% 78.9% 45.2% 57.1% 30.0% 61.3% 40.0%
20 2006 49/65 2.5 4.1 66.3% 63.7% 44.7% 53.3% 49.1% 57.3% 47.2% 2004 2/3 3.0 2.5 62.1% 66.4% 41.4% 70.0% 58.3% 56.4% 42.5%
21 2007 51/60 4.6 4.7 63.0% 63.5% 47.4% 59.8% 50.9% 57.5% 44.5% 2005 6/7 3.5 3.5 55.6% 66.5% 44.3% 53.9% 27.3% 56.4% 36.8%
22 2008 64/75 3.9 5.7 62.9% 69.9% 44.5% 52.5% 47.7% 60.4% 48.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
23 2009 68/71 2.5 5.5 65.6% 68.0% 44.9% 55.6% 53.7% 59.9% 48.6% 2007 4/6 3.3 5.0 60.1% 66.3% 41.3% 54.7% 49.3% 56.4% 37.6%
24 2010 27/29 1.7 5.8 65.5% 61.4% 39.4% 49.1% 48.9% 53.9% 45.1% 2008 5/5 2.2 3.4 60.0% 57.5% 36.8% 33.9% 59.5% 49.3% 39.5%
25 2011 18/20 2.6 6.7 60.6% 63.3% 43.1% 51.4% 54.8% 55.2% 46.2% 2009 7/8 3.9 3.0 56.1% 66.6% 48.2% 58.3% 37.8% 58.5% 37.0%
26 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2010 28/30 3.0 2.9 58.3% 63.1% 45.7% 57.1% 45.9% 55.8% 39.1%
27 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2011 30/32 2.3 2.4 58.4% 65.2% 45.9% 49.0% 42.3% 57.3% 42.8%
28 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2012 15/17 1.5 2.9 60.0% 58.4% 42.9% 47.2% 40.1% 52.3% 37.6%
29 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2013 6/6 2.5 1.5 67.9% 59.0% 42.2% 41.0% 54.0% 53.6% 34.1%
Career — 298/465 3.1 5.1 63.9% 65.7% 44.5% 53.6% 49.7% 58.0% 46.6% — 104/123 2.6 2.8 58.9% 63.3% 44.6% 51.3% 43.7% 55.6% 39.4%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Dinara Safina Elena Baltacha
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
16 2002 1667 133.0 — — — — -103 +63 — 63.2% +1.13 4–2 (67%) 3–3 (50%) 105.1 -0.29 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
17 2003 1749 135.3 +0.19 +0.42 0.979 48.8% -103 +66 — 57.5% +0.55 3–8 (27%) 2–5 (29%) 92.7 -1.56 2001 1489 101.5 — — — — — — — 0.0% -3.25 — — — -0.22
18 2004 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 2002 1519 104.8 — — — — — — +76 44.4% -0.33 1–0 0–1 — -0.01
19 2005 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 2003 1491 107.9 -0.79 +0.01 1.032 49.4% — — — 20.0% -1.40 0–1 — — -0.18
20 2006 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 2004 1499 104.0 -0.78 +0.29 0.975 50.4% — — +21 33.3% -0.50 — — — -0.12
21 2007 1864 144.9 +1.88 +1.34 1.047 51.3% -40 +145 -92 59.1% +0.55 10–6 (63%) 8–5 (62%) 104.1 +2.70 2005 1507 102.4 +0.64 -3.12 0.843 46.5% +45 — -23 41.2% -0.88 2–1 (67%) 1–0 — +0.62
22 2008 2033 163.1 +5.48 +4.99 1.212 54.2% -37 +68 -221 68.8% +1.40 15–7 (68%) 14–7 (67%) 108.7 -1.19 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
23 2009 1956 156.1 +4.17 +4.65 1.212 54.1% -64 +244 -32 71.6% +1.59 16–6 (73%) 7–9 (44%) 98.7 -0.83 2007 1509 98.7 +0.25 -1.20 0.861 47.7% — — -36 37.5% -0.81 2–2 (50%) 1–1 — 0.00
24 2010 1799 141.8 -0.37 +2.20 0.978 49.5% +10 +257 — 48.4% -0.22 3–5 (38%) 6–4 (60%) 95.1 -1.09 2008 1496 97.3 -1.84 -2.72 0.779 44.5% — — -35 18.2% -2.09 1–0 0–1 — -0.36
25 2011 1811 133.4 -0.12 +1.99 1.031 50.7% -8 +212 — 60.5% +0.14 3–4 (43%) 3–0 (100%) 99.3 -2.13 2009 1521 116.1 +1.47 -1.58 0.893 47.9% +38 — -14 42.1% -0.63 1–2 (33%) 1–1 — -0.14
26 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2010 1630 120.5 -0.45 -3.14 0.886 47.6% +7 -108 -118 49.2% -0.49 5–2 (71%) 4–2 (67%) 105.7 -0.05
27 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2011 1628 127.6 +1.21 -0.89 1.001 50.1% -1 -104 -106 44.6% -0.42 4–5 (44%) 5–4 (56%) 99.1 -0.98
28 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2012 1567 100.8 -2.26 -3.52 0.788 45.0% -16 -73 +14 28.2% -1.44 4–1 (80%) 1–3 (25%) 101.9 -0.13
29 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2013 1558 95.9 -1.94 -2.72 0.736 44.1% — -79 -29 38.5% -1.77 0–1 2–0 — +0.27
Career — 2127 154.7 +2.67 +3.16 1.108 52.3% -34 +109 -137 62.6% +0.88 80–56 (59%) 60–46 (57%) 104.2 -1.42 — 1670 116.9 -0.18 -2.22 0.888 47.6% +4 -93 -26 39.6% -0.85 20–15 (57%) 15–13 (54%) 106.0 -1.07

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.