Dinara Safina

Born 1986 185 cm Right handed
Head to heads vs Vera Zvonareva (12)vs Svetlana Kuznetsova (12)vs Daniela Hantuchova (11)vs Elena Dementieva (11)vs Kim Clijsters (10)vs Katarina Srebotnik (9)

Match log

2011

MadridClay, May
R32LJulia Goerges4-6 6-4 4-6
R64WNuria Llagostera Vives5-7 6-4 6-3
FesClay, April
SFLAlberta BriantiW/O
QFWAnastasia Pivovarova6-4 2-6 6-4
R16WAlize Cornet6-1 6-3
R32WJill Craybas6-1 6-0
MarbellaClay, April
QFLVictoria Azarenka1-5 RET
R16WTsvetana Pironkova6-3 6-4
R32WArantxa Rus3-6 6-2 6-4
MiamiHard, March
R64LVera Zvonareva6-3 3-6 2-6
R128WJelena Dokic6-4 6-4
Indian WellsHard, March
R16LMaria Sharapova2-6 0-6
R32WSamantha Stosur7-6(2) 6-4
R64WDaniela Hantuchova7-6(2) 6-4
R128WArantxa Parra Santonja6-3 6-3
Kuala LumpurHard, February
R16LLucie Safarova3-6 6-4 3-6
R32WXinyun Han6-2 6-0
Australian OpenHard, January
R128LKim Clijsters0-6 0-6
HobartHard, January
R32LMarion Bartoli0-6 1-6
AucklandHard, January
R32LYanina Wickmayer3-6 7-6(2) 1-6

2010

BeijingHard, October
R64LVera Zvonareva4-6 6-7(6)
TokyoHard, September
R64LJulia Goerges1-6 7-5 2-6
SeoulHard, September
QFLKlara Koukalova5-7 3-6
R16WMaria Kirilenko6-2 6-3
R32WSimona Halep6-4 6-4
US OpenHard, August
R128LDaniela Hantuchova3-6 4-6
New HavenHard, August
QFLMaria Kirilenko3-6 3-6
R16WDaniela Hantuchova7-6(4) 7-6(2)
R32WFrancesca Schiavone1-6 6-3 6-1
MontrealHard, August
R16LFrancesca Schiavone4-6 3-6
R32WNadia Petrova7-5 4-6 6-4
R64WAndrea Petkovic6-3 6-3
CincinnatiHard, August
R32LKim Clijsters5-7 2-6
R64WRoberta Vinci7-5 6-4
San DiegoHard, August
R16LAgnieszka Radwanska1-6 3-6
R32WAlona Bondarenko6-1 7-6(2)
StanfordHard, July
R32LKimiko Date Krumm6-4 6-7(0) 2-6
's HertogenboschGrass, June
R32LMagdalena Rybarikova7-6(4) 4-6 4-6
Roland GarrosClay, May
R128LKimiko Date Krumm6-3 4-6 5-7
MadridClay, May
R64LKlara Koukalova6-7(1) 6-7(3)
RomeClay, May
R32LAlexandra Dulgheru4-6 7-6(5) 1-6
StuttgartClay, April
QFLShahar Peer3-6 2-6
R16WAgnes Szavay7-6(5) 3-6 6-0
Australian OpenHard, January
R16LMaria Kirilenko4-5 RET
R32WElena Baltacha6-1 6-2
R64WBarbora Strycova6-3 6-4
R128WMagdalena Rybarikova6-4 6-4
SydneyHard, January
QFLElena Dementieva2-6 3-6
R16WAgnieszka Radwanska7-5 6-4

2009

WTA Tour ChampionshipsHard, October
RRLJelena Jankovic1-1 RET

Dinara Safina

Dinara Safina reached three Grand Slam finals in fourteen months and lost them all: Roland Garros 2008 to Ana Ivanovic, the 2009 Australian Open to Serena Williams, 6-0, 6-3, then Roland Garros 2009 to Svetlana Kuznetsova. The runs still made her world No. 1 in April 2009 at 22, for 26 weeks in all, while the sport debated whether a top ranking without a major counted. Safina refused to bluff, admitting the computer said one thing and the trophy cabinet another.

There was family precedent: she and Marat Safin remain the first brother and sister to both reach world No. 1. Beijing 2008 brought Olympic silver, the gold slipping to Elena Dementieva in three sets. Then her back gave way. Stress fractures surfaced in 2010, her last match came in 2011 at 25, and the formal goodbye waited until the 2014 Madrid Open, when she was 28, her 11 career titles the base of a peak that injury never let her finish.

Tales

Tennis families

The family business: Cruz Hewitt debuts where his father won, and he is far from the only one

Twenty-two years. That is how long it has been since Lleyton Hewitt won the title in Washington, and this week his son came through qualifying into the main draw of the same tournament. Cruz Hewitt is 17, ranked outside the top 600, and plays Marcos Giron in the first round. It is his first ATP main draw, and it is a smaller novelty than it sounds. The tour is thick with players whose surname arrived before they did.

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