Safina v Dementieva
WTA Tour career
Lineball analyst7–7
Too close to call — 7–7 on categories
Safina wins on titles. Dementieva’s case rests on return points won %. WTA Tour career: Safina 464 matches, Dementieva 745 matches.
- Safina has 11 titles (one every 25 matches) to Dementieva’s 16 titles (one every 33.3 matches).
- Safina averages 2.1 aces a match to Dementieva’s 0.8 — 2.5 times as many.
- Longevity: Dementieva has 745 matches across 14 seasons, Safina 464 in 10 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles): those averages use only the games that logged them.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
- 0.011 total · best 1Titlesper game0.016 total · best 1
- 63.9First serve in %61.0
- 65.1First-serve points won %63.2
- 54.6Break points saved %56.2
- 46.3Return points won %49.3
- 2.1937 total · best 21Acesper game0.8447 total · best 9
Head to head
511 matches
since 20036
since 20036
- Hard · 6 matchesSafina 0Dementieva 6
- Clay · 4 matchesSafina 4Dementieva 0
- Grass · 1 matchSafina 1Dementieva 0
- Grand Slams · 2 matchesSafina 1Dementieva 1
- Finals · 3 matchesSafina 1Dementieva 2
Last meetings
- 11 Jan 2010 · Sydney · Quarterfinal · HardDementieva won 6-2 6-3
- 12 Jan 2009 · Sydney · Final · HardDementieva won 6-3 2-6 6-1
- 3 Nov 2008 · WTA Tour Championships · Round robin · HardDementieva won 6-2 6-4
- 11 Aug 2008 · Olympics · Final · HardDementieva won 3-6 7-5 6-3
- 16 June 2008 · 's-Hertogenbosch · Semifinal · GrassSafina won 6-3 6-2
- 26 May 2008 · Roland Garros · Quarterfinal · Clay
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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