H2H data updated: 2026-09-01 00:00 UTC

Jelena Jankovic vs Dinara Safina H2H: 4-3

Jelena Jankovic holds a 4–3 lead over Dinara Safina in their WTA head-to-head. Across 7 main-draw meetings, they are tied 2–2 on hard courts, while Dinara Safina leads 1–0 on carpet. Most recently, Jelena Jankovic won the 2009 WTA Finals round robin 1-1 RET.

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Jelena Jankovic
SRB Age 41 Right-Handed 177 cm / 5'10"
H2H
4 – 3
7 main draw meetings
Dinara Safina
RUS Age 40 Right-Handed 182 cm / 6'0"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Jelena Jankovic #8 1-1 (ret.) Dinara Safina #1 Match data Oct 26, 2009 RR WTA Finals WTA Finals Hard
Jelena Jankovic #5 6-4 6-2 Dinara Safina #1 Match data Aug 16, 2009* F Cincinnati Open Premier 5 → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
Dinara Safina #6 6-2 5-7 6-3 Jelena Jankovic #1 Match data Aug 16, 2008* QF Beijing Olympics Olympics Hard
Dinara Safina #9 7-6(3) 6-1 Jelena Jankovic #2 Match data Jul 26, 2008* SF Los Angeles Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
Jelena Jankovic #3 6-3 3-6 7-6(6) Dinara Safina #13 Match data Jun 23, 2007* SF Libéma Open Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250 Grass
Jelena Jankovic #9 6-2 6-2 Dinara Safina #12 Match data Apr 15, 2007* F Charleston Open Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Clay
Dinara Safina #40 6-4 2-0 (ret.) Jelena Jankovic #71 Match data Feb 12, 2004* R32 Paris Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500 Carpet

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
Jelena Jankovic #970 #1 9,200 2,138 552 337 62.1% 0 6 0 2 7 15
Dinara Safina #452 #1 10,521 2,126 304 161 65.4% 0 5 0 2 4 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 Jelena Jankovic Dinara Safina
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
16 2001 1–1 50.0% #364 1,512 0 0 2002 12–5 70.6% #68 1,666 0 1
17 2002 2–4 33.3% #196 1,529 0 0 2003 18–15 54.5% #54 1,749 0 2
18 2003 4–9 30.8% #85 1,488 0 0 2004 20–19 51.3% #44 1,713 0 2
19 2004 27–26 50.9% #28 1,745 0 1 2005 37–19 66.1% #20 1,832 0 4
20 2005 36–29 55.4% #22 1,733 0 1 2006 44–21 67.7% #11 1,870 0 4
21 2006 45–28 61.6% #12 1,925 0 1 2007 38–22 63.3% #15 1,864 0 4
22 2007 73–26 73.7% #3 1,977 0 5 2008 56–19 74.7% #3 2,032 0 8
23 2008 66–19 77.6% #1 2,091 0 9 2009 55–16 77.5% #2 1,956 0 11
24 2009 42–19 68.9% #8 1,952 0 11 2010 13–16 44.8% #63 1,798 0 11
25 2010 35–22 61.4% #8 1,797 0 12 2011 11–9 55.0% #132 1,810 0 11
26 2011 38–22 63.3% #14 1,794 0 12 — — — — — — —
27 2012 31–28 52.5% #22 1,732 0 12 — — — — — — —
28 2013 46–21 68.7% #8 1,920 0 13 — — — — — — —
29 2014 38–22 63.3% #15 1,797 0 13 — — — — — — —
30 2015 39–21 65.0% #21 1,858 0 15 — — — — — — —
31 2016 23–21 52.3% #54 1,730 0 15 — — — — — — —
32 2017 6–19 24.0% #158 1,575 0 15 — — — — — — —

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 Jelena Jankovic Dinara Safina
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 2001 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — 2002 2 2 4 50.0% 9 2 11 81.8% — — — — 1 1 2 50.0%
17 2002 2 3 5 40.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 2003 8 9 17 47.1% 9 4 13 69.2% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
18 2003 2 6 8 25.0% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — — — — — 2004 12 9 21 57.1% 4 6 10 40.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 4 2 6 66.7%
19 2004 17 19 36 47.2% 6 3 9 66.7% 4 3 7 57.1% 0 1 1 0.0% 2005 16 13 29 55.2% 9 3 12 75.0% 4 2 6 66.7% 8 1 9 88.9%
20 2005 22 18 40 55.0% 7 5 12 58.3% 6 3 9 66.7% 1 3 4 25.0% 2006 21 12 33 63.6% 16 5 21 76.2% 5 2 7 71.4% 2 2 4 50.0%
21 2006 31 17 48 64.6% 8 7 15 53.3% 6 3 9 66.7% 0 1 1 0.0% 2007 19 14 33 57.6% 13 5 18 72.2% 4 2 6 66.7% 2 1 3 66.7%
22 2007 38 18 56 67.9% 23 5 28 82.1% 11 2 13 84.6% 1 1 2 50.0% 2008 36 14 50 72.0% 14 3 17 82.4% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — —
23 2008 49 15 64 76.6% 14 3 17 82.4% 3 1 4 75.0% — — — — 2009 27 12 39 69.2% 20 2 22 90.9% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — —
24 2009 22 12 34 64.7% 15 4 19 78.9% 2 2 4 50.0% 3 1 4 75.0% 2010 12 11 23 52.2% 1 4 5 20.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
25 2010 17 16 33 51.5% 15 5 20 75.0% 3 1 4 75.0% — — — — 2011 5 6 11 45.5% 6 3 9 66.7% — — — — — — — —
26 2011 27 15 42 64.3% 11 6 17 64.7% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
27 2012 26 18 44 59.1% 1 6 7 14.3% 4 4 8 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
28 2013 24 14 38 63.2% 21 6 27 77.8% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
29 2014 22 14 36 61.1% 16 6 22 72.7% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
30 2015 26 14 40 65.0% 5 4 9 55.6% 8 3 11 72.7% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
31 2016 18 14 32 56.3% 0 4 4 0.0% 5 3 8 62.5% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
32 2017 4 11 15 26.7% 2 5 7 28.6% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 348 225 573 60.7% 146 73 219 66.7% 53 32 85 62.4% 5 7 12 41.7% — 158 102 260 60.8% 101 37 138 73.2% 27 14 41 65.9% 18 8 26 69.2%

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 647/868 of Jelena Jankovic's and 298/448 of Dinara Safina'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 Jelena Jankovic Dinara Safina
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 2004 5/53 1.0 8.6 68.2% 57.5% 34.2% 47.2% 52.3% 50.5% 49.0% 2005 9/56 3.1 3.0 64.6% 63.5% 48.0% 48.3% 33.4% 57.9% 39.5%
20 2005 9/65 2.8 3.3 65.5% 66.3% 40.5% 58.7% 57.0% 57.4% 45.4% 2006 49/65 2.5 4.1 66.3% 63.7% 44.7% 53.3% 49.1% 57.3% 47.2%
21 2006 46/73 2.7 4.6 67.7% 62.7% 43.4% 50.1% 49.7% 56.6% 46.1% 2007 51/60 4.6 4.7 63.0% 63.5% 47.4% 59.8% 50.9% 57.5% 44.5%
22 2007 87/99 2.0 3.0 70.3% 65.5% 46.9% 48.7% 51.9% 59.9% 50.5% 2008 64/75 3.9 5.7 62.9% 69.9% 44.5% 52.5% 47.7% 60.4% 48.0%
23 2008 69/85 2.1 3.5 69.2% 65.0% 46.8% 57.5% 56.7% 59.5% 49.0% 2009 68/71 2.5 5.5 65.6% 68.0% 44.9% 55.6% 53.7% 59.9% 48.6%
24 2009 53/61 2.0 3.5 63.7% 64.2% 49.0% 53.7% 51.3% 58.7% 47.8% 2010 27/29 1.7 5.8 65.5% 61.4% 39.4% 49.1% 48.9% 53.9% 45.1%
25 2010 51/57 2.4 3.6 65.3% 63.1% 46.0% 53.7% 54.0% 57.2% 47.6% 2011 18/20 2.6 6.7 60.6% 63.3% 43.1% 51.4% 54.8% 55.2% 46.2%
26 2011 53/60 2.8 4.0 63.9% 66.8% 47.8% 50.7% 48.4% 60.0% 48.6% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
27 2012 53/59 2.7 4.6 60.5% 63.6% 43.8% 55.9% 48.2% 56.1% 46.5% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
28 2013 62/67 2.5 3.7 62.0% 63.7% 46.5% 55.7% 50.7% 57.1% 47.3% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
29 2014 56/60 2.6 3.3 63.2% 66.5% 49.0% 57.1% 50.7% 59.7% 47.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
30 2015 41/60 3.2 4.0 63.4% 64.1% 52.6% 53.5% 47.2% 59.9% 41.6% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
31 2016 37/44 2.7 3.2 62.2% 65.3% 45.6% 58.3% 52.0% 57.9% 47.4% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
32 2017 25/25 3.4 5.0 60.6% 61.5% 42.6% 54.0% 57.1% 54.2% 39.9% — —/— — — — — — — — — —

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics are precomputed from eligible main-draw results; point-stat values use the available detailed sample. 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 Jelena Jankovic Dinara Safina
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 2001 1512 104.6 — — — — — — — 40.0% -0.40 1–0 1–0 — -0.03 2002 1667 133.0 — — — — -103 +63 — 63.2% +1.13 4–2 (67%) 3–3 (50%) — -0.29
17 2002 1529 120.6 — — — — +38 — — 35.7% -0.79 1–1 1–1 — +0.14 2003 1749 135.3 +0.19 +0.42 0.979 48.8% -103 +66 — 57.5% +0.55 3–8 (27%) 2–5 (29%) — -1.56
18 2003 1488 112.5 — — — — +49 -9 — 39.3% -0.36 1–5 (17%) 0–2 — +0.62 2004 1714 138.8 -1.62 -0.49 0.830 46.5% +32 -9 — 51.2% +0.20 6–6 (50%) 1–5 (17%) — -1.30
19 2004 1746 139.9 -1.12 +2.19 0.989 49.7% -43 -137 -129 53.7% +0.12 8–11 (42%) 11–2 (85%) — -0.93 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%) — -1.43
20 2005 1733 142.6 +1.39 +0.98 1.067 51.2% -36 -21 -3 56.8% +0.58 9–15 (38%) 3–6 (33%) — -0.92 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%) — +0.58
21 2006 1925 155.2 +0.93 +2.16 1.062 51.3% -25 -178 -93 62.0% +0.98 16–10 (62%) 8–9 (47%) — -1.57 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%) — +2.70
22 2007 1977 166.7 +4.61 +7.29 1.259 54.9% -66 +125 -9 71.8% +1.76 15–14 (52%) 9–8 (53%) — -2.33 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%) — -1.19
23 2008 2091 167.1 +4.57 +5.72 1.211 54.2% 0 +6 -122 72.3% +1.59 14–12 (54%) 9–6 (60%) — -0.03 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%) — -0.83
24 2009 1953 153.9 +3.33 +4.18 1.158 53.2% +35 +106 -56 65.7% +0.99 10–10 (50%) 13–6 (68%) — +1.47 2010 1799 141.8 -0.37 +2.20 0.978 49.5% +10 +257 — 48.4% -0.22 3–5 (38%) 6–4 (60%) — -1.09
25 2010 1797 148.2 +1.63 +4.10 1.111 52.3% -26 +268 +127 59.5% +0.69 11–5 (69%) 6–6 (50%) — +1.90 2011 1811 133.4 -0.12 +1.99 1.031 50.7% -8 +212 — 60.5% +0.14 3–4 (43%) 3–0 (100%) — -2.13
26 2011 1795 152.5 +3.98 +4.60 1.215 54.2% -5 +179 — 63.5% +1.32 6–15 (29%) 3–2 (60%) — +2.37 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
27 2012 1733 140.2 +0.76 +2.74 1.061 51.2% +44 +108 +82 51.6% +0.25 6–10 (38%) 8–11 (42%) — -0.18 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
28 2013 1921 155.5 +1.91 +3.65 1.103 52.2% -10 +25 — 63.4% +0.98 17–10 (63%) 12–6 (67%) — +2.23 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
29 2014 1797 152.0 +3.44 +3.23 1.165 53.1% +32 +152 — 63.1% +1.09 6–8 (43%) 5–9 (36%) — +1.30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
30 2015 1858 140.4 +1.72 +0.71 1.039 50.5% +8 +11 -27 61.7% +0.75 15–6 (71%) 7–5 (58%) — +0.52 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
31 2016 1730 132.2 +1.48 +2.78 1.125 52.4% +42 +35 +71 56.0% +0.52 4–12 (25%) 4–5 (44%) — +1.30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
32 2017 1575 121.7 -1.63 -1.80 0.871 47.5% +83 +113 +164 34.4% -0.87 2–9 (18%) 1–4 (20%) — -0.72 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 2139 156.2 +2.59 +3.81 1.133 52.7% -3 +72 -8 61.1% +0.87 142–153 (48%) 101–88 (53%) 93.6 +0.58 — 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

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.