Safina v Kuznetsova
WTA Tour career
Lineball analyst11–3
Dinara Safina takes it, 11–3 on categories
Safina wins on titles. Kuznetsova’s case rests on aces, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Safina 464 matches, Kuznetsova 940 matches.
- Safina has 11 titles (one every 25 matches) to Kuznetsova’s 18 titles (one every 33.3 matches).
- Kuznetsova averages 2.7 aces a match to Safina’s 2.1 (26% more).
- Safina averages 0.9 sets lost a match to Kuznetsova’s 0.9.
- Longevity: Kuznetsova has 940 matches across 21 seasons, Safina 464 in 10 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, grand slam 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 game0.018 total · best 1
- –Grand Slam titlesper game0.02 total · best 1
- 63.9First serve in %63.1
- 65.1First-serve points won %65.0
- 54.6Break points saved %55.7
- 46.3Return points won %45.0
- 2.1937 total · best 21
Head to head
712 matches
since 20035
since 20035
- Clay · 7 matchesSafina 3Kuznetsova 4
- Hard · 5 matchesSafina 4Kuznetsova 1
- Grand Slams · 3 matchesSafina 1Kuznetsova 2
- Finals · 4 matchesSafina 2Kuznetsova 2
Last meetings
- 25 May 2009 · Roland Garros · Final · ClayKuznetsova won 6-4 6-2
- 4 May 2009 · Rome · Final · ClaySafina won 6-3 6-2
- 27 Apr 2009 · Stuttgart · Final · ClayKuznetsova won 6-4 6-3
- 6 Oct 2008 · Moscow · Quarterfinal · HardSafina won 6-4 7-5
- 15 Sept 2008 · Tokyo · Final · HardSafina won 6-1 6-3
- 28 July 2008 · Montreal · Quarterfinal · HardSafina won 2-6 6-3 6-2
- 26 May 2008 · Roland Garros · Semifinal · ClaySafina won 6-3 6-2
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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