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

Dinara Safina vs Julia Schruff H2H: 1-0

Dinara Safina holds a 1–0 lead over Julia Schruff in their WTA head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Dinara Safina leads 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Dinara Safina won the 2004 Roland Garros round of 128 7-5 6-7(4) 6-3.

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Dinara Safina
RUS Age 40 Right-Handed 182 cm / 6'0"
H2H
1 – 0
1 main-draw meetings
Julia Schruff
GER Age 44 Right-Handed 166 cm / 5'5"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Dinara Safina #36 7-5 6-7(4) 6-3 Julia Schruff #117 Match data May 26, 2004* R128 Roland Garros Grand Slam Clay

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
Julia Schruff #1,200 #52 536 1,663 48 80 37.5% 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 Julia Schruff
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 — — — — — — —
18 2004 20–19 51.3% #44 1,713 0 2 — — — — — — —
19 2005 37–19 66.1% #20 1,832 0 4 — — — — — — —
20 2006 44–21 67.7% #11 1,870 0 4 2003 4–5 44.4% #117 1,508 0 0
21 2007 38–22 63.3% #15 1,864 0 4 2004 5–12 29.4% #108 1,480 0 0
22 2008 56–19 74.7% #3 2,032 0 8 2005 9–13 40.9% #81 1,565 0 0
23 2009 55–16 77.5% #2 1,956 0 11 2006 18–24 42.9% #82 1,503 0 0
24 2010 13–16 44.8% #63 1,798 0 11 2007 6–13 31.6% #119 1,463 0 0
25 2011 11–9 55.0% #132 1,810 0 11 2008 5–7 41.7% #132 1,483 0 0
26 — — — — — — — 2009 1–4 20.0% #131 1,473 0 0
27 — — — — — — — 2010 0–2 0.0% #173 1,451 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 Julia Schruff
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% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 2004 12 9 21 57.1% 4 6 10 40.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 2005 16 13 29 55.2% 9 3 12 75.0% 4 2 6 66.7% 8 1 9 88.9% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 2006 21 12 33 63.6% 16 5 21 76.2% 5 2 7 71.4% 2 2 4 50.0% 2003 — — — — 4 4 8 50.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
21 2007 19 14 33 57.6% 13 5 18 72.2% 4 2 6 66.7% 2 1 3 66.7% 2004 3 5 8 37.5% 2 7 9 22.2% — — — — — — — —
22 2008 36 14 50 72.0% 14 3 17 82.4% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — — 2005 6 7 13 46.2% 3 5 8 37.5% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
23 2009 27 12 39 69.2% 20 2 22 90.9% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — — 2006 11 14 25 44.0% 7 7 14 50.0% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — —
24 2010 12 11 23 52.2% 1 4 5 20.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2007 1 5 6 16.7% 5 7 12 41.7% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
25 2011 5 6 11 45.5% 6 3 9 66.7% — — — — — — — — 2008 2 3 5 40.0% 3 4 7 42.9% — — — — — — — —
26 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2009 1 2 3 33.3% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — —
27 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2010 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 158 102 260 60.8% 101 37 138 73.2% 27 14 41 65.9% 18 8 26 69.2% — 24 38 62 38.7% 24 36 60 40.0% 0 5 5 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0%

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 58/128 of Julia Schruff'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 Julia Schruff
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% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
20 2006 49/65 2.5 4.1 66.3% 63.7% 44.7% 53.3% 49.1% 57.3% 47.2% 2003 1/9 0.0 0.0 82.0% 47.6% 66.7% 57.1% 36.4% 51.0% 43.8%
21 2007 51/60 4.6 4.7 63.0% 63.5% 47.4% 59.8% 50.9% 57.5% 44.5% 2004 3/17 7.7 3.3 59.0% 61.3% 45.7% 48.0% 59.7% 55.0% 45.7%
22 2008 64/75 3.9 5.7 62.9% 69.9% 44.5% 52.5% 47.7% 60.4% 48.0% 2005 6/22 1.0 3.3 58.1% 62.4% 41.7% 49.1% 41.1% 53.8% 40.8%
23 2009 68/71 2.5 5.5 65.6% 68.0% 44.9% 55.6% 53.7% 59.9% 48.6% 2006 19/42 0.9 1.4 63.1% 58.9% 40.7% 50.4% 44.7% 52.3% 42.4%
24 2010 27/29 1.7 5.8 65.5% 61.4% 39.4% 49.1% 48.9% 53.9% 45.1% 2007 14/19 0.8 3.1 63.8% 54.2% 49.1% 50.8% 53.8% 51.9% 47.6%
25 2011 18/20 2.6 6.7 60.6% 63.3% 43.1% 51.4% 54.8% 55.2% 46.2% 2008 9/12 0.7 3.0 61.8% 54.4% 37.0% 51.3% 44.7% 47.5% 46.0%
26 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2009 4/5 1.3 5.3 62.1% 50.2% 42.1% 50.5% 54.6% 47.2% 46.2%
27 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2010 2/2 2.5 1.0 47.2% 52.9% 47.1% 52.3% 63.6% 50.2% 31.5%
Career — 298/465 3.1 5.1 63.9% 65.7% 44.5% 53.6% 49.7% 58.0% 46.6% — 58/128 1.3 2.6 62.0% 56.6% 43.3% 50.6% 48.5% 51.3% 44.1%

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 Julia Schruff
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
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 2003 1508 104.6 -0.91 +0.18 0.894 47.6% — +36 — 45.0% -0.55 1–1 — — +0.22
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 2004 1481 105.8 -1.07 -0.37 1.014 50.2% +22 -10 — 36.8% -0.66 2–4 (33%) 1–4 (20%) 96.6 +0.61
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 2005 1565 123.7 -0.34 -1.39 0.882 47.3% -9 -69 — 40.0% -0.76 4–2 (67%) 1–2 (33%) — -0.91
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 2006 1503 111.2 -2.40 -2.02 0.888 47.4% +31 +40 -7 41.7% -0.83 5–1 (83%) 4–1 (80%) 108.3 +1.04
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 2007 1464 106.2 -2.66 +0.61 0.991 49.5% +24 +54 — 41.7% -0.58 2–8 (20%) 2–1 (67%) 94.5 +0.16
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 2008 1484 103.8 -4.12 -0.06 0.877 47.1% +9 +29 — 48.0% -0.24 1–2 (33%) 4–1 (80%) 100.6 +0.59
26 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2009 1474 99.8 -1.61 -1.47 0.875 46.4% +20 — — 18.2% -2.18 1–0 0–1 — -0.10
27 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2010 1451 99.0 -3.11 -3.04 0.632 41.0% — — — 20.0% -2.40 0–1 — — +0.07
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 — 1664 112.6 -2.39 -0.89 0.906 47.7% +18 +18 -7 40.2% -0.76 16–19 (46%) 12–10 (55%) 101.6 +1.32

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.