Safina v Zvonareva
WTA Tour career
Lineball analyst9–6
Too close to call — 9–6 on categories
Safina wins on titles. Zvonareva’s case rests on double faults. WTA Tour career: Safina 464 matches, Zvonareva 738 matches.
- Safina has 11 titles (one every 25 matches) to Zvonareva’s 12 titles (one every 50 matches).
- Safina averages 2.1 aces a match to Zvonareva’s 1.5 (39% more).
- Zvonareva averages 2.6 double faults a match to Safina’s 3.4.
- Longevity: Zvonareva has 738 matches across 22 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 game0.012 total · best 1
- 63.9First serve in %61.9
- 65.1First-serve points won %65.8
- 54.6Break points saved %55.8
- 46.3Return points won %45.6
- 2.1937 total · best 21Acesper game1.51,069 total · best 13
Head to head
612 matches
since 20026
since 20026
- Hard · 7 matchesSafina 2Zvonareva 5
- Clay · 5 matchesSafina 4Zvonareva 1
- Grand Slams · 2 matchesSafina 2Zvonareva 0
Last meetings
- 21 Mar 2011 · Miami · Round of 64 · HardZvonareva won 3-6 6-3 6-2
- 4 Oct 2010 · Beijing · Round of 64 · HardZvonareva won 6-4 7-6(6)
- 19 Jan 2009 · Australian Open · Semifinal · HardSafina won 6-3 7-6(4)
- 6 Oct 2008 · Moscow · Semifinal · HardZvonareva won 6-2 7-6(5)
- 24 Mar 2008 · Miami · Quarterfinal · HardZvonareva won 7-5 6-4
- 18 Feb 2008 · Doha · Round of 16 · HardZvonareva won 7-5 6-3
- 8 Oct 2007 · Moscow · Quarterfinal · HardSafina won 6-2 3-6 6-3
- 9 Apr 2007 · Charleston · Semifinal · ClaySafina won 6-3 0-1
- 29 May 2006 · Roland Garros · Round of 128 · Clay
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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