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

Jie Zheng vs Dinara Safina H2H: 1-4

Dinara Safina holds a 4–1 lead over Jie Zheng in their WTA head-to-head. Across 5 main-draw meetings, Dinara Safina leads 2–1 on hard courts and 2–0 on clay. Most recently, Jie Zheng won the 2009 Los Angeles round of 16 7-5 4-6 6-4.

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Jie Zheng
CHN Age 43 Right-Handed 164 cm / 5'5"
H2H
1 – 4
5 main-draw meetings
Dinara Safina
RUS Age 40 Right-Handed 182 cm / 6'0"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Jie Zheng #23 7-5 4-6 6-4 Dinara Safina #1 Match data Aug 7, 2009* R16 Los Angeles Premier → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
Dinara Safina #1 5-7 6-1 7-6(3) Jie Zheng #17 Match data May 7, 2009* R16 Italian Open Premier 5 → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Clay
Dinara Safina #6 6-4 6-3 Jie Zheng #38 Match data Aug 15, 2008* R16 Beijing Olympics Olympics Hard
Dinara Safina #14 6-2 7-5 Jie Zheng #200 Match data May 31, 2008* R32 Roland Garros Grand Slam Clay
Dinara Safina #44 7-5 3-6 6-4 Jie Zheng #59 Match data Jan 19, 2005* R128 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
Jie Zheng #961 #15 2,745 1,906 218 196 52.7% 0 0 0 0 4 4
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 Jie Zheng Dinara Safina
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 2002 1–1 50.0% #185 1,506 0 0 2004 20–19 51.3% #44 1,713 0 2
19 2003 7–8 46.7% #84 1,535 0 0 2005 37–19 66.1% #20 1,832 0 4
20 2004 10–18 35.7% #79 1,546 0 0 2006 44–21 67.7% #11 1,870 0 4
21 2005 24–15 61.5% #44 1,702 0 1 2007 38–22 63.3% #15 1,864 0 4
22 2006 25–16 61.0% #33 1,777 0 3 2008 56–19 74.7% #3 2,032 0 8
23 2007 7–10 41.2% #163 1,689 0 3 2009 55–16 77.5% #2 1,956 0 11
24 2008 22–11 66.7% #25 1,845 0 3 2010 13–16 44.8% #63 1,798 0 11
25 2009 27–21 56.2% #35 1,782 0 3 2011 11–9 55.0% #132 1,810 0 11
26 2010 23–18 56.1% #26 1,762 0 3 — — — — — — —
27 2011 18–23 43.9% #48 1,705 0 3 — — — — — — —
28 2012 25–24 51.0% #26 1,652 0 4 — — — — — — —
29 2013 17–17 50.0% #53 1,687 0 4 — — — — — — —
30 2014 12–13 48.0% #91 1,670 0 4 — — — — — — —
31 2015 0–1 0.0% #962 1,648 0 4 — — — — — — —

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 Jie Zheng 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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 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 2002 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — 2004 12 9 21 57.1% 4 6 10 40.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 4 2 6 66.7%
19 2003 5 7 12 41.7% — — — — — — — — 2 1 3 66.7% 2005 16 13 29 55.2% 9 3 12 75.0% 4 2 6 66.7% 8 1 9 88.9%
20 2004 6 10 16 37.5% 4 4 8 50.0% 0 3 3 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 2006 21 12 33 63.6% 16 5 21 76.2% 5 2 7 71.4% 2 2 4 50.0%
21 2005 17 11 28 60.7% 7 4 11 63.6% — — — — — — — — 2007 19 14 33 57.6% 13 5 18 72.2% 4 2 6 66.7% 2 1 3 66.7%
22 2006 12 9 21 57.1% 11 4 15 73.3% 2 2 4 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 2008 36 14 50 72.0% 14 3 17 82.4% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — —
23 2007 2 4 6 33.3% 4 5 9 44.4% — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% 2009 27 12 39 69.2% 20 2 22 90.9% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — —
24 2008 15 9 24 62.5% 2 1 3 66.7% 5 1 6 83.3% — — — — 2010 12 11 23 52.2% 1 4 5 20.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
25 2009 19 13 32 59.4% 5 5 10 50.0% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — 2011 5 6 11 45.5% 6 3 9 66.7% — — — — — — — —
26 2010 16 12 28 57.1% 5 4 9 55.6% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
27 2011 15 14 29 51.7% 2 6 8 25.0% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
28 2012 17 15 32 53.1% 2 5 7 28.6% 6 4 10 60.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
29 2013 12 12 24 50.0% 5 4 9 55.6% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
30 2014 6 8 14 42.9% 1 2 3 33.3% 5 3 8 62.5% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
31 2015 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 143 126 269 53.2% 48 44 92 52.2% 24 22 46 52.2% 3 4 7 42.9% — 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 286/397 of Jie Zheng'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 Jie Zheng 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 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2005 9/56 3.1 3.0 64.6% 63.5% 48.0% 48.3% 33.4% 57.9% 39.5%
20 2004 5/28 0.2 3.2 67.1% 53.1% 34.7% 39.7% 34.3% 47.4% 39.7% 2006 49/65 2.5 4.1 66.3% 63.7% 44.7% 53.3% 49.1% 57.3% 47.2%
21 2005 3/39 0.3 1.7 73.6% 54.5% 45.8% 58.2% 43.9% 52.9% 38.8% 2007 51/60 4.6 4.7 63.0% 63.5% 47.4% 59.8% 50.9% 57.5% 44.5%
22 2006 24/41 0.5 2.0 72.3% 57.7% 47.0% 48.1% 46.4% 54.3% 46.5% 2008 64/75 3.9 5.7 62.9% 69.9% 44.5% 52.5% 47.7% 60.4% 48.0%
23 2007 16/17 0.5 1.8 71.3% 62.6% 45.3% 56.9% 44.4% 57.9% 45.5% 2009 68/71 2.5 5.5 65.6% 68.0% 44.9% 55.6% 53.7% 59.9% 48.6%
24 2008 24/33 1.2 2.0 64.9% 62.6% 48.5% 56.7% 50.6% 57.3% 47.3% 2010 27/29 1.7 5.8 65.5% 61.4% 39.4% 49.1% 48.9% 53.9% 45.1%
25 2009 44/48 0.6 2.2 70.2% 61.5% 47.3% 51.4% 52.7% 57.3% 45.8% 2011 18/20 2.6 6.7 60.6% 63.3% 43.1% 51.4% 54.8% 55.2% 46.2%
26 2010 39/41 0.5 2.8 69.7% 57.6% 43.9% 55.1% 47.7% 53.4% 45.3% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
27 2011 36/41 0.3 2.5 73.5% 57.0% 40.0% 48.0% 48.8% 52.5% 42.9% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
28 2012 38/49 0.5 2.4 68.6% 60.5% 46.7% 49.0% 51.9% 56.3% 44.8% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
29 2013 33/34 0.4 2.7 70.4% 56.4% 44.3% 47.0% 46.9% 52.9% 44.4% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
30 2014 23/25 0.3 2.0 70.5% 57.6% 42.9% 53.2% 57.7% 53.1% 44.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
31 2015 1/1 0.0 3.0 64.7% 48.5% 27.8% 61.5% 14.3% 41.2% 37.9% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
Career — 286/414 0.5 2.3 70.1% 58.9% 44.8% 51.2% 49.4% 54.7% 44.9% — 298/465 3.1 5.1 63.9% 65.7% 44.5% 53.6% 49.7% 58.0% 46.6%

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 Jie Zheng 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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 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 2002 1507 104.9 — — — — — — — 40.0% -0.60 1–0 1–1 — +0.03 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 2003 1536 113.8 — — — — +24 — — 51.6% +0.06 1–2 (33%) 1–0 — +0.41 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 2004 1547 127.3 -2.88 -1.53 0.755 43.6% +22 +39 -34 39.7% -0.48 2–5 (29%) 2–0 — +0.21 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
21 2005 1702 131.1 -0.46 -1.44 0.823 45.8% -19 -40 — 55.4% +0.42 11–5 (69%) 4–3 (57%) 107.3 -0.22 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
22 2006 1778 132.0 -1.03 +1.40 1.019 50.5% -50 -22 -207 58.9% +0.37 7–8 (47%) 8–3 (73%) 103.8 -0.42 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 2007 1690 124.7 +1.30 +1.45 1.082 51.4% -13 +33 — 45.9% -0.08 0–3 (0%) 0–3 (0%) 91.7 -0.24 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
24 2008 1845 147.4 +1.86 +3.35 1.109 52.4% -68 -101 -119 59.7% +1.01 7–1 (88%) 2–3 (40%) 107.4 -2.42 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
25 2009 1782 142.7 +1.41 +2.49 1.073 51.6% +25 -47 -70 54.5% +0.39 10–6 (63%) 6–6 (50%) 104.2 -0.17 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
26 2010 1763 139.6 -1.89 +1.53 0.971 49.4% +49 -45 -75 52.6% -0.01 9–6 (60%) 7–0 (100%) 106.1 +0.54 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
27 2011 1705 120.3 -2.95 -0.51 0.903 47.7% +56 -98 -88 43.9% -0.58 9–9 (50%) 3–5 (38%) 95.0 +0.59 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
28 2012 1653 131.5 +0.57 +1.44 1.024 50.6% +36 -75 +52 49.5% -0.10 6–7 (46%) 3–3 (50%) 100.4 -0.25 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
29 2013 1688 126.6 -2.38 +0.84 0.941 48.5% -1 -50 — 47.5% -0.36 8–4 (67%) 5–3 (63%) 107.5 +0.29 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
30 2014 1670 119.0 -1.86 +0.63 0.939 48.7% -33 -52 +57 46.2% -0.42 2–2 (50%) 5–1 (83%) 101.8 -0.53 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
31 2015 1648 95.9 -0.62 -1.23 0.644 39.3% — — — 0.0% -4.50 — — — +0.16 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 1906 137.9 -0.68 +1.30 0.991 49.8% +7 -35 -39 50.9% +0.03 73–58 (56%) 47–31 (60%) 109.8 -0.49 — 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.