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

Julia Goerges vs Dinara Safina H2H: 2-1

Julia Goerges holds a 2–1 lead over Dinara Safina in their WTA head-to-head. Across 3 main-draw meetings, they are tied 1–1 on clay, while Julia Goerges leads 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Julia Goerges won the 2011 Madrid Open round of 32 6-4 4-6 6-4.

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Julia Goerges
GER Age 37 Right-Handed 180 cm / 5'11"
H2H
2 – 1
3 main-draw meetings
Dinara Safina
RUS Age 40 Right-Handed 182 cm / 6'0"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Julia Goerges #27 6-4 4-6 6-4 Dinara Safina #76 Match data May 5, 2011* R32 Madrid Open Premier Mandatory → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Clay
Julia Goerges #42 6-1 5-7 6-2 Dinara Safina #49 Match data Sep 28, 2010* R64 Pan Pacific Open Premier 5 → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
Dinara Safina #17 6-3 6-4 Julia Goerges #113 Match data May 7, 2008* R64 Berlin Open Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000 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
Julia Goerges #45 #9 3,980 1,945 311 251 55.3% 0 0 1 2 4 7
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 Julia Goerges 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 2007 4–5 44.4% #126 1,543 0 0 2004 20–19 51.3% #44 1,713 0 2
19 2008 6–7 46.2% #108 1,557 0 0 2005 37–19 66.1% #20 1,832 0 4
20 2009 9–11 45.0% #77 1,589 0 0 2006 44–21 67.7% #11 1,870 0 4
21 2010 29–22 56.9% #40 1,760 0 1 2007 38–22 63.3% #15 1,864 0 4
22 2011 36–24 60.0% #21 1,773 0 2 2008 56–19 74.7% #3 2,032 0 8
23 2012 36–26 58.1% #18 1,761 0 2 2009 55–16 77.5% #2 1,956 0 11
24 2013 14–27 34.1% #72 1,543 0 2 2010 13–16 44.8% #63 1,798 0 11
25 2014 15–18 45.5% #74 1,587 0 2 2011 11–9 55.0% #132 1,810 0 11
26 2015 17–20 45.9% #50 1,609 0 2 — — — — — — —
27 2016 22–20 52.4% #53 1,668 0 2 — — — — — — —
28 2017 46–22 67.6% #14 1,892 0 4 — — — — — — —
29 2018 45–23 66.2% #14 1,871 0 6 — — — — — — —
30 2019 26–20 56.5% #28 1,802 0 7 — — — — — — —
31 2020 6–6 50.0% #45 1,763 0 7 — — — — — — —

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 Julia Goerges 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 2007 4 5 9 44.4% — — — — — — — — — — — — 2004 12 9 21 57.1% 4 6 10 40.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 4 2 6 66.7%
19 2008 5 5 10 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — 2005 16 13 29 55.2% 9 3 12 75.0% 4 2 6 66.7% 8 1 9 88.9%
20 2009 6 7 13 46.2% 1 2 3 33.3% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2006 21 12 33 63.6% 16 5 21 76.2% 5 2 7 71.4% 2 2 4 50.0%
21 2010 16 14 30 53.3% 13 7 20 65.0% 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 2011 18 16 34 52.9% 16 6 22 72.7% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2008 36 14 50 72.0% 14 3 17 82.4% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — —
23 2012 20 15 35 57.1% 10 8 18 55.6% 4 2 6 66.7% 2 1 3 66.7% 2009 27 12 39 69.2% 20 2 22 90.9% 8 2 10 80.0% — — — —
24 2013 7 16 23 30.4% 7 9 16 43.8% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 2010 12 11 23 52.2% 1 4 5 20.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
25 2014 10 10 20 50.0% 5 7 12 41.7% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2011 5 6 11 45.5% 6 3 9 66.7% — — — — — — — —
26 2015 11 13 24 45.8% 6 6 12 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
27 2016 13 12 25 52.0% 9 6 15 60.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
28 2017 35 13 48 72.9% 7 7 14 50.0% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
29 2018 28 14 42 66.7% 10 6 16 62.5% 7 3 10 70.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
30 2019 19 12 31 61.3% 1 6 7 14.3% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
31 2020 5 4 9 55.6% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 197 156 353 55.8% 86 73 159 54.1% 26 20 46 56.5% 2 2 4 50.0% — 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 524/562 of Julia Goerges'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 Julia Goerges 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 2007 6/9 2.7 3.3 54.7% 64.8% 42.0% 59.6% 55.1% 54.0% 40.7% 2004 6/39 5.3 4.2 54.5% 60.5% 36.7% 45.3% 44.5% 49.8% 41.6%
19 2008 11/13 5.1 5.3 59.1% 67.7% 46.8% 52.0% 47.2% 59.3% 39.2% 2005 9/56 3.1 3.0 64.6% 63.5% 48.0% 48.3% 33.4% 57.9% 39.5%
20 2009 19/20 5.2 2.4 60.4% 68.6% 50.1% 58.4% 43.6% 61.4% 40.4% 2006 49/65 2.5 4.1 66.3% 63.7% 44.7% 53.3% 49.1% 57.3% 47.2%
21 2010 49/51 4.2 3.5 61.2% 66.7% 45.8% 58.1% 48.1% 58.5% 43.3% 2007 51/60 4.6 4.7 63.0% 63.5% 47.4% 59.8% 50.9% 57.5% 44.5%
22 2011 59/60 4.1 2.7 58.4% 70.4% 49.1% 52.6% 48.8% 61.3% 43.2% 2008 64/75 3.9 5.7 62.9% 69.9% 44.5% 52.5% 47.7% 60.4% 48.0%
23 2012 56/62 3.9 2.9 57.7% 67.0% 48.1% 54.3% 47.8% 59.1% 43.6% 2009 68/71 2.5 5.5 65.6% 68.0% 44.9% 55.6% 53.7% 59.9% 48.6%
24 2013 40/41 4.5 4.0 55.6% 66.4% 44.5% 53.8% 46.9% 56.5% 40.0% 2010 27/29 1.7 5.8 65.5% 61.4% 39.4% 49.1% 48.9% 53.9% 45.1%
25 2014 31/33 6.1 4.1 59.2% 68.5% 48.8% 54.2% 44.2% 60.3% 42.5% 2011 18/20 2.6 6.7 60.6% 63.3% 43.1% 51.4% 54.8% 55.2% 46.2%
26 2015 30/37 4.7 2.5 60.0% 67.8% 47.7% 49.3% 50.2% 59.9% 40.7% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
27 2016 36/42 5.0 3.4 56.9% 71.9% 49.2% 58.3% 41.9% 61.9% 40.6% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
28 2017 64/68 5.8 3.4 57.0% 72.1% 49.1% 56.1% 50.6% 62.3% 42.7% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
29 2018 65/68 7.4 3.7 57.7% 74.7% 49.3% 59.1% 42.7% 63.9% 39.5% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
30 2019 46/46 6.7 4.1 55.4% 73.0% 48.9% 58.3% 42.8% 62.1% 40.8% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
31 2020 12/12 6.6 3.5 56.8% 70.9% 47.8% 60.1% 48.8% 61.0% 40.5% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
Career — 524/562 5.3 3.4 57.9% 70.0% 48.1% 55.9% 46.6% 60.7% 41.6% — 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 Julia Goerges 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 2007 1544 122.1 +0.76 +0.36 0.884 47.2% +9 — — 40.0% -0.95 2–2 (50%) 2–1 (67%) — -0.18 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 2008 1558 111.9 +1.60 -1.77 0.961 49.2% +4 — — 46.7% -0.13 2–2 (50%) 3–4 (43%) 98.9 +0.66 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 2009 1590 119.7 +2.92 -2.21 1.046 50.8% -1 -63 +41 50.0% +0.09 2–4 (33%) 2–3 (40%) 96.5 -0.08 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 2010 1761 134.3 +2.06 +0.13 1.043 51.0% -59 -53 — 54.7% +0.42 9–6 (60%) 3–6 (33%) 104.4 -1.65 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 2011 1774 141.6 +5.63 -0.14 1.115 52.1% -57 +89 -162 55.6% +0.56 11–8 (58%) 4–11 (27%) 98.6 -1.13 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 2012 1761 139.8 +2.73 +0.03 1.067 51.4% +21 +17 -68 55.1% +0.34 11–7 (61%) 9–12 (43%) 100.1 -0.26 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 2013 1544 119.3 +0.51 -3.35 0.920 48.5% +41 +130 — 40.4% -0.70 5–10 (33%) 2–7 (22%) 89.5 +1.42 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 2014 1588 128.4 +3.16 -0.41 1.070 51.1% +14 +50 — 51.2% +0.09 4–14 (22%) 3–5 (38%) 89.3 -1.01 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 2015 1610 130.1 +1.79 -0.65 1.013 50.5% -4 +23 — 47.6% +0.12 4–6 (40%) 6–4 (60%) 98.9 -0.01 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
27 2016 1668 133.2 +4.47 -2.01 1.064 51.3% 0 +4 — 52.2% +0.42 5–5 (50%) 4–6 (40%) 99.7 -0.80 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
28 2017 1893 143.8 +5.08 -0.79 1.134 52.4% +26 -228 -276 66.4% +0.92 12–7 (63%) 8–5 (62%) 105.4 -0.01 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
29 2018 1872 146.7 +6.30 -1.90 1.092 51.6% +1 -125 -90 62.3% +0.73 16–8 (67%) 14–7 (67%) 107.5 -0.46 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
30 2019 1802 139.1 +4.10 -1.39 1.079 51.4% +14 -176 +70 56.9% +0.57 10–6 (63%) 6–8 (43%) 95.7 +0.72 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
31 2020 1764 128.3 +1.47 -1.09 1.038 50.8% +27 -153 — 50.0% +0.29 2–2 (50%) 2–4 (33%) 97.9 -0.07 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 1945 141.6 +3.70 -1.05 1.060 51.2% +1 -18 -76 54.8% +0.37 95–87 (52%) 68–83 (45%) 95.2 -0.51 — 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.