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

Dinara Safina vs Patty Schnyder H2H: 4-0

Dinara Safina holds a 4–0 lead over Patty Schnyder in their WTA head-to-head. Across 4 main-draw meetings, Dinara Safina leads 2–0 on clay and 1–0 on carpet. Most recently, Dinara Safina won the 2009 Madrid Open semifinal 6-4 6-2.

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Dinara Safina
RUS Age 40 Right-Handed 182 cm / 6'0"
H2H
4 – 0
4 main-draw meetings
Patty Schnyder
SUI Age 47 Left-Handed 168 cm / 5'6"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Dinara Safina #1 6-4 6-2 Patty Schnyder #20 Match data May 16, 2009* SF Madrid Open Premier Mandatory → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Clay
Dinara Safina #8 6-2 6-2 Patty Schnyder #13 Match data Aug 1, 2008* R16 Canadian Open Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
Dinara Safina #40 4-6 6-2 6-1 Patty Schnyder #16 Match data Feb 13, 2004* R16 Paris Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500 Carpet
Dinara Safina #169 6-1 6-1 Patty Schnyder #24 Match data Jul 25, 2002* R16 Sopot Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250 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
Patty Schnyder #278 #7 3,050 1,984 495 350 58.6% 0 1 0 1 9 11

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 Patty Schnyder
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
16 2002 12–5 70.6% #68 1,666 0 1 1995 1–1 50.0% #143 1,526 0 0
17 2003 18–15 54.5% #54 1,749 0 2 1996 7–10 41.2% #64 1,586 0 0
18 2004 20–19 51.3% #44 1,713 0 2 1997 21–24 46.7% #26 1,709 0 0
19 2005 37–19 66.1% #20 1,832 0 4 1998 51–20 71.8% #11 1,903 0 5
20 2006 44–21 67.7% #11 1,870 0 4 1999 29–23 55.8% #21 1,792 0 6
21 2007 38–22 63.3% #15 1,864 0 4 2000 31–25 55.4% #25 1,750 0 6
22 2008 56–19 74.7% #3 2,032 0 8 2001 24–24 50.0% #37 1,734 0 7
23 2009 55–16 77.5% #2 1,956 0 11 2002 34–24 58.6% #15 1,848 0 8
24 2010 13–16 44.8% #63 1,798 0 11 2003 28–23 54.9% #23 1,809 0 8
25 2011 11–9 55.0% #132 1,810 0 11 2004 33–23 58.9% #14 1,808 0 8
26 — — — — — — — 2005 58–25 69.9% #7 1,932 0 10
27 — — — — — — — 2006 47–25 65.3% #9 1,889 0 10
28 — — — — — — — 2007 45–26 63.4% #16 1,885 0 10
29 — — — — — — — 2008 34–22 60.7% #14 1,820 0 11
30 — — — — — — — 2009 21–22 48.8% #42 1,754 0 11
31 — — — — — — — 2010 26–19 57.8% #44 1,798 0 11
32 — — — — — — — 2011 3–9 25.0% #55 1,668 0 11
37 — — — — — — — 2016 0–1 0.0% #324 1,631 0 11
38 — — — — — — — 2017 1–1 50.0% #148 1,628 0 11
39 — — — — — — — 2018 1–3 25.0% #278 1,597 0 11

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 Patty Schnyder
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% 1995 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% 1996 0 2 2 0.0% 5 4 9 55.6% 0 1 1 0.0% 2 3 5 40.0%
18 2004 12 9 21 57.1% 4 6 10 40.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 4 2 6 66.7% 1997 9 9 18 50.0% 11 10 21 52.4% 0 2 2 0.0% 1 3 4 25.0%
19 2005 16 13 29 55.2% 9 3 12 75.0% 4 2 6 66.7% 8 1 9 88.9% 1998 17 9 26 65.4% 27 6 33 81.8% 1 2 3 33.3% 6 3 9 66.7%
20 2006 21 12 33 63.6% 16 5 21 76.2% 5 2 7 71.4% 2 2 4 50.0% 1999 16 10 26 61.5% 12 8 20 60.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 4 5 20.0%
21 2007 19 14 33 57.6% 13 5 18 72.2% 4 2 6 66.7% 2 1 3 66.7% 2000 15 11 26 57.7% 9 8 17 52.9% 3 2 5 60.0% 4 4 8 50.0%
22 2008 36 14 50 72.0% 14 3 17 82.4% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — — 2001 11 10 21 52.4% 11 10 21 52.4% 2 2 4 50.0% 0 2 2 0.0%
23 2009 27 12 39 69.2% 20 2 22 90.9% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — — 2002 14 10 24 58.3% 16 10 26 61.5% 1 2 3 33.3% 3 2 5 60.0%
24 2010 12 11 23 52.2% 1 4 5 20.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2003 14 9 23 60.9% 10 9 19 52.6% 0 1 1 0.0% 4 4 8 50.0%
25 2011 5 6 11 45.5% 6 3 9 66.7% — — — — — — — — 2004 18 12 30 60.0% 11 6 17 64.7% 4 3 7 57.1% 0 2 2 0.0%
26 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2005 42 17 59 71.2% 15 6 21 71.4% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
27 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2006 30 15 45 66.7% 12 7 19 63.2% 1 1 2 50.0% 4 2 6 66.7%
28 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2007 30 18 48 62.5% 12 6 18 66.7% 3 1 4 75.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
29 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2008 25 16 41 61.0% 9 5 14 64.3% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2009 8 12 20 40.0% 12 8 20 60.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2010 11 9 20 55.0% 14 8 22 63.6% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2011 3 4 7 42.9% 0 5 5 0.0% — — — — — — — —
37 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2016 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
38 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2017 — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — —
39 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2018 0 1 1 0.0% 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% — 264 175 439 60.1% 188 120 308 61.0% 15 22 37 40.5% 28 33 61 45.9%

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 311/496 of Patty Schnyder'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 Patty Schnyder
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% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
21 2007 51/60 4.6 4.7 63.0% 63.5% 47.4% 59.8% 50.9% 57.5% 44.5% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
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% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
24 2010 27/29 1.7 5.8 65.5% 61.4% 39.4% 49.1% 48.9% 53.9% 45.1% 2003 7/51 2.3 1.3 62.4% 65.7% 61.0% 60.5% 42.0% 63.0% 42.9%
25 2011 18/20 2.6 6.7 60.6% 63.3% 43.1% 51.4% 54.8% 55.2% 46.2% 2004 12/56 3.3 3.0 61.5% 66.1% 51.6% 45.1% 45.4% 60.7% 45.6%
26 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2005 20/83 3.7 2.4 60.5% 64.6% 49.7% 59.6% 51.8% 58.6% 45.3%
27 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2006 50/72 3.8 2.2 63.4% 65.7% 51.4% 61.6% 49.7% 60.3% 45.6%
28 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2007 66/71 3.2 2.3 65.5% 66.1% 52.0% 58.4% 49.6% 61.1% 45.3%
29 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2008 51/56 2.6 2.4 63.7% 64.1% 50.4% 55.4% 43.9% 59.2% 44.8%
30 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2009 42/43 2.5 2.5 61.8% 61.6% 51.0% 56.5% 52.6% 57.4% 42.2%
31 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2010 44/45 2.2 2.3 63.9% 60.2% 47.9% 54.6% 45.7% 55.7% 43.1%
32 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2011 12/12 1.8 2.6 61.5% 55.2% 44.6% 47.4% 46.7% 51.2% 37.7%
37 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2016 1/1 1.0 3.0 58.2% 54.7% 41.3% 66.7% 57.1% 49.1% 52.3%
38 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2017 2/2 3.5 3.5 64.6% 64.7% 55.9% 67.9% 30.6% 61.7% 39.6%
39 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2018 4/4 1.0 2.3 66.7% 59.9% 44.0% 41.5% 33.6% 54.4% 39.3%
Career — 298/465 3.1 5.1 63.9% 65.7% 44.5% 53.6% 49.7% 58.0% 46.6% — 311/845 2.9 2.4 63.4% 63.6% 50.6% 56.7% 47.9% 58.7% 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 Patty Schnyder
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 1995 1527 112.0 — — — — — — — 40.0% -1.40 1–0 — — -0.07
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 1996 1586 120.2 — — — — -33 +52 — 40.5% -0.76 5–3 (63%) 4–3 (57%) 105.4 -0.06
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 1997 1710 151.6 — — — — -46 +9 — 50.0% +0.26 1–11 (8%) 4–5 (44%) 90.4 -0.80
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 1998 1903 159.4 — — — — -62 +111 -333 66.7% +1.21 15–12 (56%) 10–5 (67%) 109.2 -0.16
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 1999 1792 148.7 — — — — +35 +80 — 54.3% -0.08 13–12 (52%) 8–1 (89%) 102.0 -0.13
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 2000 1751 142.6 — — — — +23 +53 -191 53.4% +0.31 11–8 (58%) 9–5 (64%) 103.8 -1.04
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 2001 1734 129.7 — — — — -24 +33 -136 53.1% -0.08 7–14 (33%) 7–4 (64%) 95.1 +0.22
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 2002 1848 146.2 — — — — -30 -40 -263 53.7% +0.32 15–7 (68%) 10–5 (67%) 109.0 -1.16
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 2003 1810 143.5 +3.50 +0.33 1.160 53.0% +28 -43 — 51.4% +0.06 7–4 (64%) 5–5 (50%) 100.7 +0.37
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 2004 1809 142.7 +3.52 +0.81 1.159 52.9% +2 +9 -226 59.7% +0.61 12–8 (60%) 5–5 (50%) 99.4 +1.41
26 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2005 1932 158.1 +2.86 +1.20 1.093 51.8% -18 +31 — 66.2% +1.20 19–17 (53%) 8–7 (53%) 99.0 +3.23
27 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2006 1890 156.1 +3.89 +1.47 1.148 53.0% +35 +25 — 62.8% +0.85 10–8 (56%) 12–7 (63%) 102.4 +1.42
28 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2007 1886 151.5 +4.70 +1.91 1.163 53.3% -17 +90 -218 61.6% +1.02 13–13 (50%) 4–7 (36%) 94.4 +2.16
29 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2008 1821 141.5 +3.54 +0.46 1.097 51.8% -3 +98 — 57.7% +0.47 11–9 (55%) 10–3 (77%) 102.4 +2.47
30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2009 1754 137.4 +1.61 -0.95 0.991 49.8% -10 +114 — 49.0% -0.07 7–5 (58%) 8–2 (80%) 103.6 -1.38
31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2010 1799 133.5 -0.01 -0.10 0.972 49.4% -35 +64 — 51.0% +0.09 12–2 (86%) 3–8 (27%) 104.3 -1.95
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2011 1668 112.8 -2.14 -2.61 0.773 44.9% +67 +63 — 27.6% -1.34 3–2 (60%) 2–0 — -0.02
37 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2016 1632 99.5 -0.77 +0.04 1.027 50.7% — — — 33.3% 0.00 0–1 — — -0.10
38 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2017 1628 107.6 -0.85 -0.91 1.035 50.3% — — — 50.0% +0.34 1–1 1–2 (33%) — +0.25
39 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2018 1597 111.4 -1.17 -1.12 0.861 46.5% — +29 — 22.2% -1.22 1–0 0–1 — -0.22
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 — 1984 151.9 +2.71 +0.57 1.069 51.4% -6 +46 -221 56.5% +0.46 164–137 (54%) 110–75 (59%) 105.5 +0.53

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.