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Dinara Safina v Daniela Hantuchova: stats compared | Lineball
Safina wins on titles. Hantuchova’s case rests on double faults, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Safina 464 matches, Hantuchova 866 matches.
Safina has 11 titles (one every 25 matches) to Hantuchova’s 7 titles (one every 50 matches).
Hantuchova averages 2.1 double faults a match to Safina’s 3.4.
Safina averages 0.9 sets lost a match to Hantuchova’s 1.1.
Winners’ edge: Safina’s team won 65%, Hantuchova’s team won 56% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Hantuchova has 866 matches across 19 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 game0.07 total · best 1
63.9First serve in %63.6
65.1First-serve points won %64.2
54.6Break points saved %56.0
46.3Return points won %43.4
2.1937 total · best 21Acesper game21,459 total · best 15
Head to head
711 matches since 20064
Hard · 8 matchesSafina 4Hantuchova 4
Clay · 2 matchesSafina 2Hantuchova 0
Grass · 1 matchSafina 1Hantuchova 0
Grand Slams · 1 matchSafina 0Hantuchova 1
Last meetings
7 Mar 2011 · Indian Wells · Round of 64 · HardSafina won 7-6(2) 6-4
30 Aug 2010 · US Open · Round of 128 · HardHantuchova won 6-3 6-4
23 Aug 2010 · New Haven · Round of 16 · HardSafina won 7-6(4) 7-6(2)
3 Aug 2009 · Los Angeles · Round of 32 · HardSafina won 6-2 6-4
15 June 2009 · 's-Hertogenbosch · Quarterfinal · GrassSafina won 1-6 6-4 6-3
27 Apr 2009 · Stuttgart · Round of 16 · ClaySafina won 6-4 6-2
7 Jan 2008 · Sydney · Round of 32 · HardHantuchova won
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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11.55,348 total · best 19
Games wonper game
11.39,763 total · best 21
47.9Break points converted %44.7
62.4Sets won %54.0
54.6Games won %51.7
0.123 total · best 1Finalsper game0.016 total · best 1
1.4657 total · best 2Sets wonper game1.31,079 total · best 2
0.9396 total · best 2Sets lostper game · lower is better1.1919 total · best 2
9.64,447 total · best 21Games lostper game · lower is better10.59,113 total · best 20
0.2107 total · best 2Tiebreaksper game0.3218 total · best 2
3.41,534 total · best 17Double faultsper game · lower is better2.11,524 total · best 14
5-7 6-4 6-4
15 Oct 2007 · Zurich · Round of 32 · HardHantuchova won 7-6(2) 7-6(4)
2 Oct 2006 · Stuttgart · Round of 16 · HardHantuchova won 6-2 6-2
25 Sept 2006 · Luxembourg · Round of 16 · HardSafina won 7-5 6-3