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, respectively; one Premier Mandatory singles title at the 2009 Madrid Open and one Premier 5 singles title at the 2009 Italian Open. She was also the runner-up at the 2008 French Open and the 2009 Australian Open and French Open as well as a silver medalist in singles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Career finals
DisciplineTypeWonLostTotal
SinglesGrand Slam033
Summer Olympics011
Year–end championships000
Premier Mandatory538
WTA Tour7512
Total121224
DoublesGrand Slam112
Summer Olympics000
Year–end championships000
Premier Mandatory101
WTA Tour707
Total9110
Total211334

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.

Safina at the 2009 Toray Pan Pacific Open.

Career achievements

Safina made her main draw WTA debut at the 2002 Estoril Open, where she defeated third seed Martina Suchá[1] en route to the semi-finals.[2] In July of the same year, she won her first WTA singles title, as a qualifier, at the Warsaw Open after her opponent, Henrieta Nagyová retired whilst down a set and 4–0. As a result, Safina entered the top 100 of the WTA singles rankings for the first time in her career and became the youngest Russian tennis player to win a singles title on the WTA Tour.[3] In October 2005, Safina scored her first win over a reigning world No. 1 by defeating Maria Sharapova in three sets[4] en route to her first Tier I semifinal at the Kremlin Cup. She eventually finished the year ranked inside the top twenty for the first time at world No. 20. The following year, Safina reached the first two Grand Slam quarterfinals of her career in singles at the French Open and US Open[5] respectively, defeating Sharapova in the fourth round of the former after overcoming a 5–1 third set deficit.[6] She also reached her first Grand Slam doubles final at the latter event, where she and Katarina Srebotnik lost in straight sets to Nathalie Dechy and Vera Zvonareva.[7] After a quarterfinal showing at the Luxembourg Open, Safina cracked the top ten of the WTA rankings for the first time in her career on October 2, 2006.[8] Highlights of Safina's 2007 season were singles[9] and doubles[10] titles at the Brisbane International, a finals appearance at the Tier I Family Circle Cup[11] and winning her maiden grand slam doubles title at the US Open with Dechy, after a straight sets win over Chan Yung-jan and Chuang Chia-jung in the final.[12]

Safina (left) won three of her four meetings with Elena Dementieva in 2008, including their first in Berlin, an event which Safina later called "the key to my tennis life".[13]

Safina enjoyed a breakthrough season in 2008. She compiled a disappointing singles win–loss record of 11–10 to start the season[14] but won her third consecutive doubles title at the Brisbane International with Ágnes Szávay[15] and her first and only Tier I doubles title at the Pacific Life Open with compatriot, Elena Vesnina, during the same period.[16] Safina began her singles recovery by claiming her first Tier I singles title at the Qatar Telecom German Open, defeating World No. 1 Justine Henin,[17] fifth seed Serena Williams,[17] future World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka[18] and seventh seed Elena Dementieva in the final.[19] She later commented that the tournament had been "the key to her tennis life"[13] as she had "felt completely lost before that tournament".[13] At the French Open, Safina defeated World No. 1 Maria Sharapova[20] and seventh seed Elena Dementieva[21] in consecutive rounds after rallying from a set, 5–2 and a match point down in both matches;[20][21] before overcoming fourth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in straight sets[22] to reach the first Grand Slam singles final of her career, where she lost in straight sets to the second seed, Ana Ivanovic.[23] After a less impressive grass court season, during which she reached her second (and last) career singles final on grass at the Ordina Open,[24] Safina embarked on a fifteen match winning streak, winning singles titles in Los Angeles[25] and Montréal[26] respectively before securing herself the silver medal in women's singles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, after a three set loss to Dementieva in the final.[27] As a result of her strong performances in the lead-up to the US Open, Safina finished on top of the 2008 US Open Series leader board.[28] At the final Grand Slam event of the year, Safina advanced to her first US Open semifinal and second major singles semifinal overall after a straight sets victory over 16th seed, Flavia Pennetta.[29] Following the event, Safina entered the top five of the WTA singles rankings for the first time, rising to world No. 5.[30] A week later, she captured her third Tier I singles title and fourth singles title of the season overall at the Pan Pacific Open, dropping just four games in the final against Kuznetsova.[31] As a result, she entered the top three of the WTA singles rankings for the first time in her career, rising to world No. 3.[31] In November, Safina made her debut at the year-ending WTA Championships but lost in the round robin stage.[32] Nevertheless, she ended the year ranked World No. 3,[33] marking her first finish in the year-end top five and top ten.

Safina began her successful 2009 season, during which she reached two Grand Slam singles finals and became world No. 1, at the Hopman Cup.

Safina began her 2009 season by representing Russia at the Hopman Cup alongside her brother, Marat Safin. The pair finished on top of their group by winning all three of their round robin ties and thus progressed to the final, where they lost to their seventh seeded Slovakian opponents, Dominika Cibulková and Dominik Hrbatý.[34] The following week, Safina lost to Dementieva in her first singles final of the year at the Sydney International[35] before defeating Alizé Cornet by winning five consecutive games and saving two match points in the third set of their fourth round encounter,[36] en route to her first Australian Open final and second grand slam singles final overall.[37] In April, Safina became the world No. 1 for the first time in her career after replacing Serena Williams at the top of the WTA Singles Rankings.[38] In doing so, she became the fourth woman (after Kim Clijsters, Amélie Mauresmo and Jelena Janković) to reach the summit of the sport without first winning a Grand Slam singles title.[38] Additionally, she and her brother also became the first siblings to have both reached No. 1 in the WTA and ATP singles rankings respectively.[38] Safina then enjoyed a dominant clay court season, during which she reached the singles finals of all four of her clay court events. She began her reign as world No. 1 with a runner-up finish in Stuttgart[39] before claiming her first (and only) Premier 5 and Premier Mandatory singles titles at the Internazionali d'Italia[40] and Madrid Open[41] with wins over Svetlana Kuznetsova[40] and Caroline Wozniacki[41] in the finals. Safina extended her winning streak to sixteen matches by reaching her third Grand Slam singles final and second consecutive French Open final but Kuznetsova defeated her in straight sets[42] in the pair's third meeting in a final that year. Despite the loss, Safina went on to enjoy the best grass court season of her career to date. After reaching her third semifinal at the Ordina Open,[43] Safina defeated former champion and 17nth seed, Amélie Mauresmo[44] and future finalist, Sabine Lisicki[45] en route to her first Wimbledon semifinal where she fell in straight sets to the third seed, two-time defending champion and eventual runner-up, Venus Williams.[46] She recovered by winning the 12th and final singles title of her career at the Slovenia Open[47] before reaching a career-best eighth singles final that season, at the Western & Southern Open, where she lost to former world No. 1, Jelena Janković.[48]

Significant finals

Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)
Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up2008French OpenClaySerbia Ana Ivanovic4–6, 3–6
Runner-up2009Australian OpenHardUnited States Serena Williams0–6, 3–6
Runner-up2009French Open (2)ClayRussia Svetlana Kuznetsova4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponent Score
Loss2006US OpenHardSlovenia Katarina SrebotnikFrance Nathalie Dechy
Russia Vera Zvonareva		6–7(5–7), 5–7
Win2007US OpenHardFrance Nathalie DechyChinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung		6–4, 6–2

Singles: 1 (silver medal)
Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Silver2008Beijing OlympicsHardRussia Elena Dementieva6–3, 5–7, 3–6

Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner-ups)
Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 2006 Rome Clay Switzerland Martina Hingis 2–6, 5–7
Runner-up 2007 Charleston Clay Serbia Jelena Janković 2–6, 2–6
Winner 2008 Berlin Clay Russia Elena Dementieva 3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Winner 2008 Canada (Montréal) Hard Slovakia Dominika Cibulková 6–1, 6–2
Winner 2008 Tokyo Hard Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–1, 6–3
Winner 2009 Rome Clay Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–3, 6–2
Winner 2009 Madrid Clay Denmark Caroline Wozniacki 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 2009 Cincinnati Hard Serbia Jelena Janković 4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 2008 Indian Wells Hard Russia Elena Vesnina
6–1, 1–6, [10–8]

WTA career finals

Singles: 23 (12 titles, 11 runner-ups)
Winner — Legend (pre/post 2009)
Grand Slam tournaments (0–3)
Tier I / Premier M & Premier 5 (5–3)
Tier II & III / Premier (2–2)
Tier IV & V / International (5–3)
Titles by surface
Hard (5)
Grass (0)
Clay (6)
Carpet (1)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. Jul 2002 Idea Prokom Open, Sopot, Poland Clay Slovakia Henrieta Nagyová 6–3, 4–0, ret.
Win 2. Jul 2003 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, Italy Clay Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik 6–3, 6–4
Loss 1. Oct 2004 Fortis Championships Luxembourg Hard (i) Australia Alicia Molik 3–6, 4–6
Win 3. Feb 2005 Open Gaz de France, Paris Carpet (i) France Amélie Mauresmo 6–4, 2–6, 6–3
Win 4. May 2005 ECM Prague Open, Czech Republic Clay Czech Republic Zuzana Ondrášková 7–6(7–2), 6–3
Loss 2. May 2006 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome Clay Switzerland Martina Hingis 2–6, 5–7
Loss 3. Jun 2006 Ordina Open, s-'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Grass Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek 3–6, 4–6
Win 5. Jan 2007 Australian Women's Hardcourts, Gold Coast, Australia Hard Switzerland Martina Hingis 6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Loss 4. Apr 2007 Family Circle Cup, Charleston, United States Clay Serbia Jelena Janković 2–6, 2–6
Win 6. May 2008 German Open, Berlin Clay Russia Elena Dementieva 3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss 5. Jun 2008 French Open, Paris, France Clay Serbia Ana Ivanovic 4–6, 3–6
Loss 6. Jun 2008 Ordina Open, s-'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (2) Grass Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn 5–7, 3–6
Win 7. Jul 2008 East West Bank Classic, Los Angeles, United States Hard Italy Flavia Pennetta 6–4, 6–2
Win 8. Aug 2008 Rogers Cup, Montréal, Canada Hard Slovakia Dominika Cibulková 6–2, 6–1
Win 9. Sep 2008 Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo, Japan Hard Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–1, 6–3
Loss 7. Jan 2009 Sydney International, Australia Hard Russia Elena Dementieva 3–6, 6–2, 1–6
Loss 8. Jan 2009 Australian Open, Melbourne Hard United States Serena Williams 0–6, 3–6
Loss 9. May 2009 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Stuttgart, Germany Clay (i) Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 4–6, 3–6
Win 10. May 2009 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Rome Clay Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–3, 6–2
Win 11. May 2009 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open, Spain Clay Denmark Caroline Wozniacki 6–2, 6–4
Loss 10. Jun 2009 French Open, Paris, France (2) Clay Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 4–6, 2–6
Win 12. Jul 2009 Banka Koper Slovenia Open, Portorož Hard Italy Sara Errani 6–7(5–7), 6–1, 7–5
Loss 11. Aug 2009 Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati, United States Hard Serbia Jelena Janković 4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 16 (9 titles, 7 runner-ups)
Winner — Legend (pre/post 2010)
Grand Slam tournaments (1–1)
Tier I / Premier M & Premier 5 (1–0)
Tier II / Premier (2–4)
Tier III, IV & V / International (5–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–6)
Grass (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (1–1)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Loss 1. Jan 2003 Canberra Women's Classic, Australia Hard Czech Republic Dája Bedáňová Italy Tathiana Garbin
France Émilie Loit		 3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss 2. Jan 2004 Sydney International, Australia Hard United States Meghann Shaughnessy
5–7, 6–3, 4–6
Win 1. Sep 2004 China Open, Beijing Hard Switzerland Emmanuelle Gagliardi
6–4, 6–4
Loss 3. Jan 2005 Hobart International, Australia Hard Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
4–6, 5–7
Loss 4. Feb 2005 Open GDF Suez, Paris, France Hard (i) Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
2–6, 6–2, 2–6
Loss 5. Feb 2005 Diamond Games, Antwerp, Belgium Carpet (i) Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues Zimbabwe Cara Black
Belgium Els Callens		 6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Win 2. Jun 2005 Ordina Open, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Grass Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
Spain Nuria Llagostera Vives		 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(13–11)
Win 3. Jan 2006 Brisbane International, Gold Coast, Australia Hard United States Meghann Shaughnessy Zimbabwe Cara Black
Australia Rennae Stubbs		 6–2, 6–3
Win 4. Feb 2006 Diamond Games, Antwerp, Belgium Carpet (i) Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
6–1, 6–1
Loss 6. Sep 2006 US Open, New York, United States Hard Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
6–7(5–7), 5–7
Win 5. Jan 2007 Brisbane International, Gold Coast, Australia (2) Hard Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
6–3, 6–4
Win 6. Sep 2007 US Open, New York, United States Hard France Nathalie Dechy
6–4, 6–2
Loss 7. Oct 2007 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Stuttgart, Germany Hard (i) Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Australia Rennae Stubbs		 7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), [2–10]
Win 7. Jan 2008 Brisbane International, Gold Coast, Australia (3) Hard Hungary Ágnes Szávay China Yan Zi
China Zheng Jie		 6–1, 6–2
Win 8. Mar 2008 Indian Wells Masters, United States Hard Russia Elena Vesnina China Yan Zi
China Zheng Jie		 6–1, 1–6, [10–8]
Win 9. Mar 2011 Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur Hard Kazakhstan Galina Voskoboeva
7–5, 2–6, [10–5]

ITF finals
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (4–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 20 November 2000 Mallorca, Spain Clay Spain Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez 3-5 2-4 4-0 4-2 3-5
Winner 1. 19 March 2001 Rome, Italy Clay Bulgaria Maria Geznenge 7–5, 6–0
Winner 2. 3 February 2002 Mallorca, Spain Clay Georgia (country) Margalita Chakhnashvili 6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Winner 3. 18 February 2002 Las Palmas, Spain Clay Czech Republic Libuše Průšová 2–6, 6–2, 6–1
Winner 4. 31 March 2002 Rome, Italy Clay Croatia Karolina Šprem 6–7(3), 6–2, 6–3

Doubles (3–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 29 January 2001 Mallorca, Spain Clay Russia Raissa Gourevitch Italy Germana Di Natale
Romania Andreea Ehritt-Vanc		 5–7, 6–3, 4–6
Winner 1. 5 February 2001 Mallorca, Spain Clay Spain Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Romania Oana Elena Golimbioschi
Romania Andreea Ehritt-Vanc		 6–2, 6–0
Winner 2. 18 February 2002 Mallorca, Spain Clay Spain Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Austria Jennifer Schmidt
Sweden Maria Wolfbrandt		 6–1, 6–2
Winner 3. 30 March 2002 Rome, Italy Clay Italy Claudia Ivone Italy Silvia Disderi
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Milica Koprivica		 6–4, 6–3

Performance timelines
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 and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles
Tournament20012002200320042005200620072008200920102011SRW–LW%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open absent 1R 3R 2R 2R 3R 1R F 4R 1R 0 / 9 15–9 63%
French Open absent 1R 2R 1R QF 4R F F 1R A 0 / 8 20–8 71%
Wimbledon A Q3 1R 1R 3R 3R 2R 3R SF absent 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%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics not held A not held S not held 0 / 1 5–1 83%
Year-end championships
Tour Championships did not qualify RR RR DNQ 0 / 2 0–4 0%
Premier Mandatory tournaments
Indian Wells absent 1R A 3R QF 3R 3R QF A 4R 0 / 7 12–7 63%
Miami absent 2R 2R 2R 2R 4R QF 3R A 2R 0 / 8 8–8 50%
Madrid not held W 1R 2R 1 / 3 6–2 75%
Beijing Tier IV Tier II 2R 1R A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Premier 5 tournaments
Dubai Tier II 2R absent 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Rome absent 2R 2R A F QF A W 2R A 1 / 6 14–5 74%
Montréal / Toronto absent 2R SF 3R W 2R 3R A 1 / 6 13–5 72%
Cincinnati not held Tier III F 2R A 0 / 2 5–2 71%
Tokyo absent W 2R 1R A 1 / 3 4–2 67%
Tier I Tournaments
Doha Tier III Tier II 3R not held P 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Charleston absent QF F 3R Premier 0 / 3 7–3 70%
Berlin absent 2R 1R 2R QF QF W not held 1 / 6 13–5 72%
San Diego Tier II A 3R 1R 3R not held Premier 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Moscow Q1 2R 2R 2R SF 1R SF SF Premier 0 / 7 11–7 61%
Zürich absent 1R T II not held 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Career statistics20012002200320042005200620072008200920102011No.
Tournaments played 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 reached 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
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

WTA Tour career earnings
YearGrand Slam
singles titles		WTA
singles titles		Total
singles titles		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

Safina's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10.

Player Record Win% Hard Clay Grass Carpet Last match
Number 1 ranked players
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki 1–0 100% 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 Won (6–2, 6–4) at 2009 Madrid
Romania Simona Halep 1–0 100% 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 Won (6–4, 6–4) at 2010 Seoul
Belarus Victoria Azarenka 4–2 67% 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 Won (1–6, 6–4, 6–2) at 2009 French Open
France Amélie Mauresmo 3–4 43% 1–3 0–0 1–0 1–1 Won (4–6, 6–3, 6–4) at 2009 Wimbledon
Russia Maria Sharapova 3–4 43% 0–3 2–1 0–0 1–0 Lost (2–6, 0–6) at 2011 Indian Wells
Serbia Jelena Janković 3–4 43% 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 Lost (1–1, ret.) at 2009 WTA Tour Championships
United States Lindsay Davenport 1–2 33% 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 Won (6–3, 6–4) at 2008 Miami
Switzerland Martina Hingis 1–2 33% 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 Won (6–3, 3–6, 7–5) at 2007 Gold Coast
Serbia Ana Ivanovic 1–3 25% 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 Lost (4–6, 3–6) at 2008 French Open
United States Venus Williams 1–3 25% 0–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 Lost (1–6, 0–6) at 2009 Wimbledon Championships
Belgium Kim Clijsters 2–8 20% 1–6 1–1 0–0 0–1 Lost (0–6, 0–6) at 2011 Australian Open
Belgium Justine Henin 1–5 17% 0–3 1–2 0–0 0–0 Won (5–7, 6–3, 6–1) at 2008 Berlin
United States Serena Williams 1–6 14% 0–5 1–1 0–0 0–0 Lost (0–6, 3–6) at 2009 Australian Open
Number 2 ranked players
Poland Agnieszka Radwańska 2–1 67% 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 Won (7–5, 6–4) at 2010 Sydney
Spain Conchita Martínez 2–1 67% 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 Won (7–6(13–11), 6–4) at 2005 San Diego
Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 8–6 57% 4–1 4–5 0–0 0–0 Lost (4–6, 2–6) at 2009 French Open
China Li Na 2–2 50% 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 Won (6–3, 7–6(7–2)) at 2009 Madrid
Russia Vera Zvonareva 6–6 50% 2–5 4–1 0–0 0–0 Lost (6–3, 3–6, 2–6) at 2011 Miami
Russia Anastasia Myskina 1–4 20% 1–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 Won (6–1, 6–3) at 2006 Indian Wells
Czech Republic Petra Kvitová 0–1 0% 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 Lost (4–6, 6–2, 6–7(5–7)) at 2009 US Open
Number 3 ranked players
South Africa Amanda Coetzer 1–0 100% 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 Won (7–5, 6–3) at 2004 Australian Open
Russia Elena Dementieva 5–6 45% 1–5 4–0 0–1 0–0 Lost (2–6, 3–6) at 2010 Sydney
Russia Nadia Petrova 2–5 29% 2–2 0–2 0–0 0–1 Won (7–5, 4–6, 6–4) at 2010 Montreal
France Mary Pierce 0–1 0% 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 Lost (6–7(5–7), 3–6) at 2005 Moscow
Number 4 ranked players
Australia Jelena Dokić 3–0 100% 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 Won (6–4, 6–4) at 2011 Miami
Slovakia Dominika Cibulková 3–0 100% 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 Won (6–3, 6–3) at 2009 French Open
Bulgaria Magdalena Maleeva 1–0 100% 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 Won (6–4, 3–6, 7–5) at 2003 Moscow
Australia Samantha Stosur 4–1 88% 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 Won (7–6(7–2), 6–4) at 2011 Indian Wells
Italy Francesca Schiavone 4–3 57% 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 Won (1–6, 6–3, 6–1) at 2010 New Haven
Japan Kimiko Date-Krumm 0–2 0% 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 Lost (6–4, 6–7(0–7), 2–6) at 2010 Stanford
Number 5 ranked players
Italy Sara Errani 2–0 100% 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 Won (6–7(5–7), 6–1, 7–5) at 2009 Portorož
Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová 7–4 64% 4–4 2–0 1–0 0–0 Won (7–6(7–2), 6–4) at 2011 Indian Wells
Russia Anna Chakvetadze 3–2 60% 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 Won (7–6(8–6), 6–2) at 2007 Moscow
Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová 2–3 40% 0–2 2–0 0–1 0–0 Won (6–0, 4–6, 6–3) at 2009 Madrid
Number 6 ranked players
Italy Flavia Pennetta 7–0 100% 4–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 Won (6–2, 6–0) at 2009 Cincinnati
Number 7 ranked players
Italy Roberta Vinci 5–0 100% 5–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 Won (7–5, 6–4) at 2010 Cincinnati
Switzerland Patty Schnyder 4–0 100% 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 Won (6–4, 6–2) at 2009 Madrid
Czech Republic Nicole Vaidišová 0–2 0% 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 Lost (3–6, 6–7(7–9)) at 2007 Linz
France Marion Bartoli 0–3 0% 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 Lost (0–6, 1–6) at 2011 Hobart
Number 8 ranked players
Russia Ekaterina Makarova 1–0 100% 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 Won (6–7(3–7), 6–3, 6–0) at 2009 Australian Open
Russia Anna Kournikova 1–0 100% 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 Won (6–1, 6–4) at 2003 Miami
Japan Ai Sugiyama 3–3 50% 3–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 Won (6–4, 7–6(7–3)) at 2009 Sydney
Australia Alicia Molik 0–2 0% 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2004 Luxembourg
Number 9 ranked players
Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky 1–0 100% 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 Won (3–6, 7–5, 6–2) at 2008 US Open
Germany Andrea Petkovic 1–0 100% 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 Won (6–3, 6–3) at 2010 Montreal
Argentina Paola Suárez 0–2 0% 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 Lost (6–3, 3–6, 4–6) at 2006 San Diego
Number 10 ranked players
Russia Maria Kirilenko 3–2 60% 2–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 Won (6–2, 6–3) at 2010 Seoul
Germany Julia Görges 1–2 33% 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 Lost (4–6, 6–4, 4–6) at 2011 Madrid
Total 109–105 51% 58–67 38–24 4–7 9–7

Top 10 wins
Season2002200320042005200620072008200920102011Total
Wins0002411242126
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score SR
2005
1. France Amélie Mauresmo 4 Paris, France Carpet (i) F 6–4, 2–6, 6–3 48
2. Russia Maria Sharapova 1 Moscow, Russia Carpet (i) QF 1–6, 6–4, 7–5 24
2006
3. Belgium Kim Clijsters 2 Rome, Italy Clay 3R 6–4, 7–6(7–2) 19
4. Russia Elena Dementieva 8 Rome, Italy Clay QF 6–1, 6–1 19
5. Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 10 Rome, Italy Clay SF 3–6, 6–4, 7–5 19
6. Russia Maria Sharapova 4 French Open, Paris Clay 4R 7–5, 2–6, 7–5 17
2007
7. Russia Anna Chakvetadze 6 Moscow, Russia Hard (i) 2R 7–6(8–6), 6–2 17
2008
8. Belgium Justine Henin 1 Berlin, Germany Clay 3R 5–7, 6–3, 6–1 17
9. United States Serena Williams 6 Berlin, Germany Clay QF 2–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–5) 17
10. Russia Elena Dementieva 9 Berlin, Germany Clay F 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 17
11. Russia Maria Sharapova 1 French Open, Paris Clay 4R 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–5), 6–2 14
12. Russia Elena Dementieva 8 French Open, Paris Clay QF 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–0 14
13. Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 4 French Open, Paris Clay SF 6–3, 6–2 14
14. Russia Elena Dementieva 5 Rosmalen, Netherlands Grass SF 6–3, 6–2 9
15. Serbia Jelena Janković 2 Los Angeles, United States Hard SF 7–6(7–3), 6–1 9
16. Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 4 Montreal, Canada Hard QF 2–6, 6–3, 6–2 8
17. Serbia Jelena Janković 1 Summer Olympics, Beijing Hard QF 6–2, 5–7, 6–3 6
18. Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 7 Tokyo, Japan Hard F 6–1, 6–3 5
19. Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 7 Moscow, Russia Hard (i) QF 6–4, 7–5 3
2009
20. Russia Vera Zvonareva 7 Australian Open, Melbourne Hard SF 6–3, 7–6(7–4) 3
21. United States Venus Williams 5 Rome, Italy Clay SF 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 6–4 1
22. Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova 8 Rome, Italy Clay F 6–3, 6–2 1
23. Belarus Victoria Azarenka 9 French Open, Paris Clay QF 1–6, 6–4, 6–2 1
2010
24. Poland Agnieszka Radwańska 10 Sydney, Australia Hard 2R 7–5, 6–4 2
25. Italy Francesca Schiavone 7 New Haven, United States Hard 1R 1–6, 6–3, 6–1 59
2011
26. Australia Samantha Stosur 4 Indian Wells, United States Hard 3R 7–6(7–2), 6–4 108

Longest winning streak

16-match win streak (2009)
# Tournament Category Start date Surface Rd Opponent Rank Score
– Stuttgart Open Premier 27 April 2009 Clay (i) F Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova (5) No. 9 4–6, 3–6
1 Italian Open Premier 5 4 May 2009 Clay 2R France Virginie Razzano No. 35 7–6(7–1), 6–1
2 3R China Zheng Jie (14) No. 17 5–7, 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
3 QF Spain María José Martínez Sánchez No. 48 4–6, 6–3, 6–0
4 SF United States Venus Williams (4) No. 5 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 6–4
5 F Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova (7) No. 8 6–3, 6–2
6 Madrid Open Premier Mandatory 11 May 2009 Clay 2R China Li Na No. 28 6–3, 7–6(7–2)
7 3R Czech Republic Lucie Šafářová No. 50 6–0, 4–6, 6–3
8 QF Ukraine Alona Bondarenko No. 46 6–4, 6–3
9 SF Switzerland Patty Schnyder No. 20 6–4, 6–2
10 F Denmark Caroline Wozniacki (9) No. 11 6–2, 6–4
11 French Open Grand Slam 24 May 2009 Clay 1R United Kingdom Anne Keothavong No. 48 6–0, 6–0
12 2R Russia Vitalia Diatchenko (Q) No. 153 6–1, 6–1
13 3R Russia Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (27) No. 27 6–2, 6–0
14 4R France Aravane Rezaï No. 57 6–1, 6–0
15 QF Belarus Victoria Azarenka (9) No. 9 1–6, 6–4, 6–2
16 SF Slovakia Dominika Cibulková (20) No. 19 6–3, 6–3
– F Russia Svetlana Kuznetsova (7) No. 7 4–6, 2–6

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