Wikipedia

Dinara Safina career statistics

This is a list of the main career statistics of retired Russian professional tennis player Dinara Safina. Throughout her career, Safina won twelve WTA Tour singles titles including three Tier I singles titles at the 2008 German Open, Rogers Cup and Pan Pacific Open,[1] respectively; one Premier Mandatory singles title at the 2009 Madrid Open[2] and one Premier 5 singles title at the 2009 Italian Open.[3] She was also the runner-up at the 2008 French Open[4] and the 2009 Australian Open and French Open as well as a silver medalist in singles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.[5]

Career finals
Discipline Type Won Lost Total WR[a]
Singles Grand Slam 0 3 3 0.00
Summer Olympics 0 1 1 0.00
WTA Finals[b] – – – –
WTA Elite[c] – – – –
WTA 1000[d] 5 3 8 0.63
WTA 500[e] 2 2 4 0.50
WTA 250[f] 5 3 8 0.63
Total 12 12 24 0.50
Doubles Grand Slam 1 1 2 0.50
Summer Olympics – – – –
WTA Finals[b] – – – –
WTA Elite[c] – – – –
WTA 1000[d] 1 0 1 1.00
WTA 500[e] 2 4 6 0.33
WTA 250[f] 5 2 7 0.71
Total 9 7 16 0.56
Total 21 19 40 0.53

Safina was also an accomplished doubles player, winning nine WTA doubles titles including one Grand Slam doubles title with Nathalie Dechy at the 2007 US Open, one Tier I-doubles title with Elena Vesnina at the 2008 Indian Wells Masters and three consecutive doubles titles at the Brisbane International from 2006 to 2008. Safina achieved her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 8 on May 12, 2008, and subsequently attained the No. 1 ranking in singles on April 20, 2009.[6]

Safina at the 2009 Toray Pan Pacific Open.

Performance timelines edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup (Fed Cup), Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles edit

Tournament 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R 3R 2R 2R 3R 1R F 4R 1R 0 / 9 15–9 63%
French Open A A 1R 2R 1R QF 4R F F 1R A 0 / 8 20–8 71%
Wimbledon A Q3 1R 1R 3R 3R 2R 3R SF A A 0 / 7 12–7 63%
US Open A 2R 4R 1R 1R QF 4R SF 3R 1R A 0 / 9 18–9 67%
Win–loss 0–0 1–1 3–4 3–4 3–4 11–4 9–4 13–4 19–4 3–3 0–1 0 / 33 65–33 66%
National representation
Summer Olympics not held A not held S not held 0 / 1 5–1 83%
Year-end championship
WTA Finals did not qualify RR RR DNQ 0 / 2 0–4 0%
WTA 1000 + former† tournaments
Dubai / Qatar Open[g] NMS 3R 2R A A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Indian Wells Open absent 1R A 3R QF 3R 3R QF A 4R 0 / 7 12–7 63%
Miami Open absent 2R 2R 2R 2R 4R QF 3R A 2R 0 / 8 8–8 50%
Berlin / Madrid Open[h] A A 2R 1R 2R QF QF W W 1R 2R 2 / 9 19–7 75%
Italian Open absent 2R 2R A F QF A W 2R A 1 / 6 14–5 74%
Canadian Open absent 2R SF 3R W 2R 3R A 1 / 6 13–5 72%
Cincinnati Open not held Tier III F 2R A 0 / 2 5–2 71%
Pan Pacific Open absent W 2R 1R A 1 / 3 4–2 67%
China Open Tier IV Tier II 2R 1R A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Charleston Open† absent QF F 3R Premier 0 / 3 7–3 70%
Southern California Open† Tier II A 3R 1R 3R not held Premier 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Kremlin Cup† Q1 2R 2R 2R SF 1R SF SF Premier 0 / 7 11–7 61%
Zurich Open† absent 1R T II not held 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 17–9

 

Career statistics
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 No.
Tournaments 0 6 16 19 21 21 23 21 19 16 9 171
Titles 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 4 3 0 0 12
Finals 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 7 8 0 0 24
Hard win–loss — 2–2 8–9 11–8 16–12 19–11 19–11 36–14 27–12 12–11 5–6 5 / 99 155–96 62%
Clay win–loss — 9–2 9–4 4–6 9–3 16–5 13–5 14–3 20–2 1–4 6–2 6 / 43 101–36 74%
Grass win–loss — — 0–1 0–2 4–2 5–2 4–2 5–2 8–2 0–1 0–0 0 / 14 26–14 65%
Carpet win–loss — 1–1 1–1 5–3 7–2 4–3 7–4 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1 / 15 25–14 64%
Overall win–loss 0–0 12–5 18–15 20–19 36–19 44–21 43–22 55–19 55–16 13–16 11–8 12 / 171 307–160 66%
Win % 0% 71% 55% !51% 65% 68% 66% 74% 77% 45% 58% 66%
Year-end ranking 394 68 54 44 20 11 15 3 2 62 129 No. 1 (April 20, 2009)

Doubles edit

Tournament 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 W–L
Australian Open A A QF 2R 3R 1R A A 1R 6–5
French Open A 2R 2R 3R 3R 3R A 2R A 9–6
Wimbledon A A 3R A 1R 3R A A A 4–3
US Open A 1R 1R F W A A A A 11–3
Win–loss 0–0 1–2 6–4 8–3 10–3 4–3 0–0 1–1 0–1 30–17

Grand Slam tournament finals edit

Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups) edit

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 2008 French Open Clay   Ana Ivanovic 4–6, 3–6
Loss 2009 Australian Open Hard   Serena Williams 0–6, 3–6
Loss 2009 French Open (2) Clay   Svetlana Kuznetsova 4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) edit

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Loss 2006 US Open Hard   Katarina Srebotnik   Nathalie Dechy
  Vera Zvonareva		 6–7(5–7), 5–7
Win 2007 US Open Hard   Nathalie Dechy   Chan Yung-jan
  Chuang Chia-jung		 6–4, 6–2

Other significant finals edit

Olympics edit

Singles: 1 (silver medal) edit

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Silver 2008 Beijing Olympics Hard   Elena Dementieva 6–3, 5–7, 3–6

WTA 1000 edit

Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner-ups) edit

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 2006 Rome Clay   Martina Hingis 2–6, 5–7
Loss 2007 Charleston Clay   Jelena Janković 2–6, 2–6
Win 2008 Berlin Clay   Elena Dementieva 3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win 2008 Canada (Montréal) Hard   Dominika Cibulková 6–1, 6–2
Win 2008 Tokyo Hard   Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–1, 6–3
Win 2009 Rome Clay   Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–3, 6–2
Win 2009 Madrid Clay   Caroline Wozniacki 6–2, 6–4
Loss 2009 Cincinnati Hard   Jelena Janković 4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 1 (1 title) edit

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2008 Indian Wells Hard   Elena Vesnina
6–1, 1–6, [10–8]

WTA Tour finals edit

Singles: 24 (12 titles, 12 runner-ups) edit

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–3)
Olympics (0–1)
WTA 1000 (Tier I / Premier 5 / Premier M) (5–3)
WTA 500 (Tier II / Premier) (2–2)
WTA 250 (5–3)
Surface
Hard (5–5)
Clay (6–5)
Grass (0–2)
Carpet (1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2002 Orange Warsaw Open, Poland Tier III Clay   Henrieta Nagyová 6–3, 4–0, ret.
Win 2–0 Jul 2003 Palermo International, Italy Tier V Clay   Katarina Srebotnik 6–3, 6–4
Loss 2–1 Oct 2004 Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg Tier III Hard (i)   Alicia Molik 3–6, 4–6
Win 3–1 Feb 2005 Open GDF Suez, France Tier II Carpet (i)   Amélie Mauresmo 6–4, 2–6, 6–3
Win 4–1 May 2005 Prague Open, Czech Republic Tier IV Clay   Zuzana Ondrášková 7–6(7–2), 6–3
Loss 4–2 May 2006 Italian Open, Italy Tier I Clay   Martina Hingis 2–6, 5–7
Loss 4–3 Jun 2006 Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands Tier III Grass   Michaëlla Krajicek 3–6, 4–6
Win 5–3 Jan 2007 Australian Hard Court Championships, Australia Tier III Hard   Martina Hingis 6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Loss 5–4 Apr 2007 Charleston Open, United States Tier I Clay   Jelena Janković 2–6, 2–6
Win 6–4 May 2008 Berlin Open, Germany Tier I Clay   Elena Dementieva 3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss 6–5 Jun 2008 French Open, France Grand Slam Clay   Ana Ivanovic 4–6, 3–6
Loss 6–6 Jun 2008 Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands (2) Tier III Grass   Tamarine Tanasugarn 5–7, 3–6
Win 7–6 Jul 2008 LA Championships, United States Tier II Hard   Flavia Pennetta 6–4, 6–2
Win 8–6 Aug 2008 Canadian Open, Canada Tier I Hard   Dominika Cibulková 6–2, 6–1
Loss 8–7 Aug 2008 Summer Olympics, China Olympics Hard   Elena Dementieva 6–3, 5–7, 3–6
Win 9–7 Sep 2008 Pan Pacific Open, Japan Tier I Hard   Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–1, 6–3
Loss 9–8 Jan 2009 Sydney International, Australia Premier Hard   Elena Dementieva 3–6, 6–2, 1–6
Loss 9–9 Jan 2009 Australian Open, Australia Grand Slam Hard   Serena Williams 0–6, 3–6
Loss 9–10 May 2009 Stuttgart Open, Germany Premier Clay (i)   Svetlana Kuznetsova 4–6, 3–6
Win 10–10 May 2009 Italian Open, Italy Premier 5 Clay   Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–3, 6–2
Win 11–10 May 2009 Madrid Open, Spain Premier M Clay   Caroline Wozniacki 6–2, 6–4
Loss 11–11 Jun 2009 French Open, France (2) Grand Slam Clay   Svetlana Kuznetsova 4–6, 2–6
Win 12–11 Jul 2009 Slovenia Open, Slovenia International Hard   Sara Errani 6–7(5–7), 6–1, 7–5
Loss 12–12 Aug 2009 Cincinnati Open, United States Premier 5 Hard   Jelena Janković 4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 16 (9 titles, 7 runner-ups) edit

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (1–1)
WTA 1000 (Premier M) (1–0)
WTA 500 (Tier II) (2–4)
WTA 250 (5–2)
Surface
Hard (7–6)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (1–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jan 2003 Canberra International, Australia Tier V Hard   Dája Bedáňová   Tathiana Garbin
  Émilie Loit 		3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Jan 2004 Sydney International, Australia Tier II Hard   Meghann Shaughnessy
5–7, 6–3, 4–6
Win 1–2 Sep 2004 China Open, China Tier II Hard   Emmanuelle Gagliardi
6–4, 6–4
Loss 1–3 Jan 2005 Hobart International, Australia Tier V Hard   Anabel Medina Garrigues
4–6, 5–7
Loss 1–4 Feb 2005 Open GDF Suez, France Tier II Hard (i)   Anabel Medina Garrigues
2–6, 6–2, 2–6
Loss 1–5 Feb 2005 Diamond Games, Belgium Tier II Carpet (i)   Anabel Medina Garrigues   Cara Black
  Els Callens 		6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Win 2–5 Jun 2005 Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands Tier III Grass   Anabel Medina Garrigues   Iveta Benešová
  Nuria Llagostera Vives 		6–4, 2–6, 7–6(13–11)
Win 3–5 Jan 2006 Australian Hard Court Championships, Australia Tier III Hard   Meghann Shaughnessy   Cara Black
  Rennae Stubbs 		6–2, 6–3
Win 4–5 Feb 2006 Diamond Games, Belgium Tier II Carpet (i)   Katarina Srebotnik
6–1, 6–1
Loss 4–6 Sep 2006 US Open, United States Grand Slam Hard   Katarina Srebotnik
6–7(5–7), 5–7
Win 5–6 Jan 2007 Australian Hard Court Championships, Australia (2) Tier III Hard   Katarina Srebotnik
6–3, 6–4
Win 6–6 Sep 2007 US Open, United States Grand Slam Hard   Nathalie Dechy
6–4, 6–2
Loss 6–7 Oct 2007 Stuttgart Open, Germany Tier II Hard (i)   Chan Yung-jan   Květa Peschke
  Rennae Stubbs 		7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), [2–10]
Win 7–7 Jan 2008 Australian Hard Court Championships, Australia (3) Tier III Hard   Ágnes Szávay   Yan Zi
  Zheng Jie 		6–1, 6–2
Win 8–7 Mar 2008 Indian Wells Open, United States Premier M Hard   Elena Vesnina   Yan Zi
  Zheng Jie 		6–1, 1–6, [10–8]
Win 9–7 Mar 2011 Malaysian Open, Malaysia International Hard   Galina Voskoboeva
7–5, 2–6, [10–5]

ITF Circuit finals edit

Singles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up) edit

Legend
$10,000 tournaments
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2000 Mallorca, Spain 10,000 Clay   Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez 3-5 2-4 4-0 4-2 3-5
Win 1–1 Mar 2001 Rome, Italy 10,000 Clay   Maria Geznenge 7–5, 6–0
Win 2–1 Feb 2002 Mallorca, Spain 10,000 Clay   Margalita Chakhnashvili 6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Win 3–1 Feb 2002 Las Palmas, Spain 10,000 Clay   Libuše Průšová 2–6, 6–2, 6–1
Win 4–1 Mar 2002 Rome, Italy 10,000 Clay   Karolina Šprem 6–7(3), 6–2, 6–3

Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up) edit

Legend
$10,000 tournaments
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jan 2001 Mallorca, Spain 10,000 Clay   Raissa Gourevitch   Germana Di Natale
  Andreea Ehritt-Vanc 		5–7, 6–3, 4–6
Win 1–1 Feb 2001 Mallorca, Spain 10,000 Clay   Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez   Oana Elena Golimbioschi
  Andreea Ehritt-Vanc 		6–2, 6–0
Win 2–1 Feb 2002 Mallorca, Spain 10,000 Clay   Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez   Jennifer Schmidt
  Maria Wolfbrandt 		6–1, 6–2
Win 3–1 Mar 2002 Rome, Italy 10,000 Clay   Claudia Ivone   Silvia Disderi
  Milica Koprivica 		6–4, 6–3

WTA Tour career earnings edit

Year Grand Slam
titles[i] 		WTA
titles[i] 		Total
titles[i] 		Earnings ($) Money list rank
2001–02 0 1 1 117,690 n/a
2003 0 1 1 188,874 62
2004 0 0 0 258,627 44
2005 0 2 2 478,417 28
2006 0 0 0 855,106 11
2007 0 1 1 1,017,267 11
2008 0 4 4 2,541,270 5
2009 0 3 3 4,310,218 2
2010 0 0 0 697,950 27
2011* 0 0 0 120,221 134
Career* 0 12 12 10,585,640 25

*As of October 31, 2011

Record against top 10 players edit

Top 10 wins edit

Season 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Total
Wins 2 4 1 12 4 2 1 26
# Player Rk Event Surface Rd Score Rk
2005
1.   Amélie Mauresmo 4 Paris, France Carpet (i) F 6–4, 2–6, 6–3 48
2.   Maria Sharapova 1 Moscow, Russia Carpet (i) QF 1–6, 6–4, 7–5 24
2006
3.   Kim Clijsters 2 Rome, Italy Clay 3R 6–4, 7–6(7–2) 19
4.   Elena Dementieva 8 Rome, Italy Clay QF 6–1, 6–1 19
5.   Svetlana Kuznetsova 10 Rome, Italy Clay SF 3–6, 6–4, 7–5 19
6.   Maria Sharapova 4 French Open, Paris Clay 4R 7–5, 2–6, 7–5 17
2007
7.   Anna Chakvetadze 6 Moscow, Russia Hard (i) 2R 7–6(8–6), 6–2 17
2008
8.   Justine Henin 1 Berlin, Germany Clay 3R 5–7, 6–3, 6–1 17
9.   Serena Williams 6 Berlin, Germany Clay QF 2–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–5) 17
10.   Elena Dementieva 9 Berlin, Germany Clay F 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 17
11.   Maria Sharapova 1 French Open, Paris Clay 4R 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–5), 6–2 14
12.   Elena Dementieva 8 French Open, Paris Clay QF 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–0 14
13.   Svetlana Kuznetsova 4 French Open, Paris Clay SF 6–3, 6–2 14
14.   Elena Dementieva 5 Rosmalen, Netherlands Grass SF 6–3, 6–2 9
15.   Jelena Janković 2 Los Angeles, United States Hard SF 7–6(7–3), 6–1 9
16.   Svetlana Kuznetsova 4 Montreal, Canada Hard QF 2–6, 6–3, 6–2 8
17.   Jelena Janković 1 Summer Olympics, Beijing Hard QF 6–2, 5–7, 6–3 6
18.   Svetlana Kuznetsova 7 Tokyo, Japan Hard F 6–1, 6–3 5
19.   Svetlana Kuznetsova 7 Moscow, Russia Hard (i) QF 6–4, 7–5 3
2009
20.   Vera Zvonareva 7 Australian Open, Melbourne Hard SF 6–3, 7–6(7–4) 3
21.   Venus Williams 5 Rome, Italy Clay SF 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 6–4 1
22.   Svetlana Kuznetsova 8 Rome, Italy Clay F 6–3, 6–2 1
23.   Victoria Azarenka 9 French Open, Paris Clay QF 1–6, 6–4, 6–2 1
2010
24.   Agnieszka Radwańska 10 Sydney, Australia Hard 2R 7–5, 6–4 2
25.   Francesca Schiavone 7 New Haven, United States Hard 1R 1–6, 6–3, 6–1 59
2011
26.   Samantha Stosur 4 Indian Wells, United States Hard 3R 7–6(7–2), 6–4 108

Longest winning streak edit

16-match win streak (2009) edit

# Tournament Category Start date Surface Rd Opponent Rank Score
– Stuttgart Open Premier 27 April 2009 Clay (i) F   Svetlana Kuznetsova (5) 9 4–6, 3–6
1 Italian Open Premier 5 4 May 2009 Clay 2R   Virginie Razzano 35 7–6(7–1), 6–1
2 3R   Zheng Jie (14) 17 5–7, 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
3 QF   María José Martínez Sánchez 48 4–6, 6–3, 6–0
4 SF   Venus Williams (4) 5 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 6–4
5 F   Svetlana Kuznetsova (7) 8 6–3, 6–2
6 Madrid Open Premier Mandatory 11 May 2009 Clay 2R   Li Na 28 6–3, 7–6(7–2)
7 3R   Lucie Šafářová 50 6–0, 4–6, 6–3
8 QF   Alona Bondarenko 46 6–4, 6–3
9 SF   Patty Schnyder 20 6–4, 6–2
10 F   Caroline Wozniacki (9) 11 6–2, 6–4
11 French Open Grand Slam 24 May 2009 Clay 1R   Anne Keothavong 48 6–0, 6–0
12 2R   Vitalia Diatchenko (Q) 153 6–1, 6–1
13 3R   Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (27) 27 6–2, 6–0
14 4R   Aravane Rezaï 57 6–1, 6–0
15 QF   Victoria Azarenka (9) 9 1–6, 6–4, 6–2
16 SF   Dominika Cibulková (20) 19 6–3, 6–3
– F   Svetlana Kuznetsova (7) 7 4–6, 2–6

Notes edit

  1. ^ Winning rate
  2. ^ a b Formerly known as:
    • Virginia Slims Championships (until 1995)
    • WTA Tour Championships (until 2014)
  3. ^ a b Elite tier:
  4. ^ a b Formerly known as:
    • Category 4 & 5 & 6 (until 1990)
    • Tier I (until 2009)
    • WTA Premier Mandatory and 5 (until 2021)
  5. ^ a b Formerly known as:
    • Category 3 (until 1990)
    • Tier II (until 2009)
    • WTA Premier (until 2021)
  6. ^ a b Formerly known as:
    • Category 1 & 2 (until 1990)
    • Tier III & IV & V (until 2009)
    • WTA International (until 2021)
  7. ^ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Total Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  8. ^ In 2009, the Berlin Open was replaced by the Madrid Open. The Premier Mandatory tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  9. ^ a b c Includes singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles.

References edit

  1. ^ "Safina crushes Kuznetsova to claim Tokyo title". abc.net.au. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Dinara Safina defeats Caroline Wozniacki to win Madrid Open". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Safina gains swift revenge in Rome". timesofmalta.com. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  4. ^ "French Open: Ana Ivanovic wins first Grand Slam with victory over Dinara Safina". The Telegraph. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Olympics: Dementieva comes from behind to take gold". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Dinara Safina to topple Serena Williams as World No. 1". The Telegraph. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dinara_Safina_career_statistics&oldid=1224170212"