Dinara Safina

Safina at the 2006 Australian Open.
Country	Russia
Residence	Moscow, Russia
Date of birth	April 27, 1986 (1986-04-27) (age 21)
Place of birth	Moscow, Soviet Union
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Turned Pro	2001
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career Prize Money	$2,026,072
Singles
Career record:	194-95
Career titles:	5 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking:	No. 9 (May 14, 2007)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3rd (2004, 2007)
French Open	QF (2006)
Wimbledon	3rd (2005, 2006)
U.S. Open	QF (2006)
Doubles
Career record:	119-67
Career titles:	5 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking:	No. 14 (September 18, 2006)
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Safina at the 2007 Australian Open.

Dinara Safina (Russian: Дина́ра Муби́новна (Миха́йловна) Са́фина), born April 27, 1986, is a Russian professional tennis player of Tatar origins. She was born in Moscow, USSR (now Russia), where she currently lives. She is the younger sister of tennis player, former world number one Marat Safin. She is coached by Glen Schaap, former trainer of Nadia Petrova. Her mother, Rauza Islanova used to be her trainer when she was younger but still gives advice to Dinara. Dinara Safina's father is director of the Spartak tennis club in Moscow. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 377 × 599 pixels Full resolution (655 × 1040 pixel, file size: 459 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Dinara Safina ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 377 × 599 pixels Full resolution (655 × 1040 pixel, file size: 459 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Dinara Safina ... The 2007 Australian Open was a Grand Slam tennis tournament held in Melbourne, Australia from 15 January through 28 January 2007. ... April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see Tennis (disambiguation). ... Historically, the term Tatar (or Tartar) has been ambiguously used by Europeans to refer to many different peoples of Inner Asia and Northern Asia. ... Moscow (Moskva) (Russian: , romanised: Moskva, IPA: see also other names) is the capital of Russia and the countrys economic, financial, educational, and transportation centre. ... Marat Safin (Tatar: Marat Mubin ulı Safin; Russian: Марат Михайлович Сафин ; b. ... Nadia Petrova (pee-TROH-vuh; Russian:  , Nadézhda Petróva; born June 8, 1982, Moscow, Russia) is a professional tennis player from Russia. ...

Tennis career

On July 29, 2002, she entered into the top 100. She also won her first WTA title in Sopot, beating Nagyova in the final. In doing so she became the youngest Tour champion in four years and the first qualifier to win a title in three years. In the same year, she defeated a top 20 player (Silvia Farina Elia) who was seeded 14, for the first time in Moscow, at the age of 16. is the 210th day of the year (211th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Silvia Farina Elia (born 27 April 1972) is a tennis player. ...

On July 14, 2003, she broke into the top 50. She won her second WTA title over Katarina Srebotnik in Palermo. In that season as well, she reached fourth round at the 2003 US Open and also reached the quarterfinals at Doha, Sopot and Shanghai. She beat defending champion Magdalena Maleeva, in Moscow. is the 195th day of the year (196th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The United States Open tennis tournament, commonly referred to as the US Open, is the fourth and final event of the Grand Slam tennis tournaments. ...

At the 2004 Australian Open, Safina upset Amanda Coetzer of South Africa before losing to Kim Clijsters of Belgium. For the first time, Dinara finished the year in the Top 50, and reached third career final at Luxembourg where she lost against Alicia Molik. Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Australian Open is held each January at Melbourne Park. ... Amanda Coetzer (b. ... Kim Clijsters (IPA: ,  ; born June 8, 1983) is a Belgian retired tennis player. ... Alicia Molik (born January 27, 1981) is a professional female tennis player from Australia. ...

Dinara Safina won her biggest career singles title at Paris [Indoors],beating Amelie Mauresmo . Partnering Elena Dementieva, she won the decisive doubles rubber in the Fed cup final in 2005. She stunned World No. 1 Maria Sharapova in the QF of the 2005 Kremlin Cup, winning 1-6, 6-4, 7-5. Am lie Mauresmo (born 5 July 1979) is a French professional tennis player. ... Elena Vyacheslavovna Dementieva (pronounced: L-e-nuh de-MENT-ye-vuh Russian:  ); born October 15, 1981, Moscow), is a professional tennis player from Russia. ... The Fed Cup (until 1995 Federation Cup) is the most important tennis tournament for female national teams, very similar to the mens Davis Cup. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 2006, Safina reached the tier I Rome final by defeating top 10 players Kim Clijsters, Elena Dementieva and Svetlana Kuznetsova, beaten only by resurgent Martina Hingis 6-2, 7-5. Kim Clijsters (IPA: ,  ; born June 8, 1983) is a Belgian retired tennis player. ... Elena Vyacheslavovna Dementieva (pronounced: L-e-nuh de-MENT-ye-vuh Russian:  ); born October 15, 1981, Moscow), is a professional tennis player from Russia. ... Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova (svit-LAH-nah kooz-nit-SO-vuh; Russian: Светлана Александровна Кузнецова ( ); born June 27, 1985) is a Russian professional tennis player. ... Martina Hingis (pronounced: ) (born September 30, 1980 in KoÅ¡ice, Czechoslovakia, now Slovakia) is a former World No. ...

At the 2006 French Open, Safina made the quarterfinals for the first time in her career. In the fourth round, she beat number four seed Maria Sharapova 7-5, 2-6, 7-5. In the third set, she trailed 1-5 but managed to pull the upset after almost 2^1/2 hours of play. The 2006 French Open (Roland Garros) was held in Paris, France from May 28 to June 11, 2006. ... Results of the 2006 French Open tournament in the womens singles event. ... Maria Yuryevna Sharapova (Russian:  ) (born April 19, 1987) is a Russian professional tennis player and a former World No. ...

To kick off the grass season, following her strong performance on clay, she reached her first grass court final at the Ordina Open, losing to Michaella Krajicek 6-3, 6-4. Michaella Krajicek Michaella Krajicek (born on January 9, 1989 in Delft, Netherlands) is a Dutch professional woman tennis player. ...

During the 2006 US Open, she again reached a grand slam quarterfinal, this time losing soundly to Amelie Mauresmo. She met larger success in doubles, where she reached the final with partner Katarina Srebotnik. The 2006 US Open will begin on 28 August and finish on 10 September 2006. ... Am lie Mauresmo (born 5 July 1979) is a French professional tennis player. ... Katarina Srebotnik (born March 12, 1981 in Slovenj Gradec) is a Slovenian professional tennis player, coached by Biljana Veselinovic. ...

Safina reached two finals, two semifinals, and nine quarterfinals in 2006.

2007

Safina won her debut tournament in 2007, in Gold Coast, Australia, defeating Shahar Peer 46 76(1) 61 in the semifinal and Martina Hingis 63 36 75 in the final. Following the 5-0 start to the year, she lost her sixth match of the year to Nicole Pratt 46 63 62 in the Sydney tournament. Safina would then finish her Australian season at the third round of the Australian Open, losing to Li Na 62 62. Shahar Peer (born May 1, 1987, Maccabim, Israel) is a professional female tennis player. ... Nicole Pratt (born March 5, 1973, Mackay) is a professional female tennis player from Australia. ... This is a Chinese name; the family name is Li. ...

Safina reached the quarterfinals at her next two tournaments in Paris and Antwerp, losing to the eventual champions at both—Nadia Petrova in Paris and Amelie Mauresmo in Antwerp. Nadia Petrova (pee-TROH-vuh; Russian:  , Nadézhda Petróva; born June 8, 1982, Moscow, Russia) is a professional tennis player from Russia. ... Am lie Mauresmo (born 5 July 1979) is a French professional tennis player. ...

Safina lost in the third round of her first Tier I event of the year in Indian Wells to Marion Bartoli 64 63, and lost in the fourth round at the next Tier I event in Miami to Petrova again 36 62 64.

Safina reached her fourth quarterfinal of the year at her first clay event in Amelia Island, Florida, losing to Petrova for the third time in 2007. And at her third Tier I event in Charleston, South Carolina, she would reach her second final of the year, with retirements by Tatiana Golovin and Vera Zvonareva in the quarterfinal and semifinal, losing to Jelena Janković 62 62. Safina's consistent results on clay continued in Berlin and Rome, reaching the quarterfinals at both events. At the French Open, she lost to Serena Williams 62 63 in the fourth round. Tatiana Golovin (born 25 January 1988) is a French professional tennis player. ... Vera Zvonareva (pronunciation: VEH-ruh zvon-a-RYOH-vuh, Russian: Вера Звонарёва ( ), born September 7, 1984, Moscow, Russia) is a professional tennis player from Russia. ... Jelena Janković (Serbian Cyrillic: Јелена Јанковић, pronounced ; born on February 28, 1985) is a Serbian professional female tennis player. ...

Safina lost a three-set thriller to Jankovic in the semifinal of the Ordina Open in s-'Hertogenbosch 63 36 76(6), having had a match point in the tiebreaker. Following that loss, she was upset by Akiko Morigami in the second round of Wimbledon and lost in the second round of both the Acura Classic and East West Bank Classic, to Sania Mirza and Kateryna Bondarenko respectively. The Ordina Open is a tennis tournament on the ATP and WTA Tour held in s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. ... Akiko Morigami (born January 12, 1980, Tokyo) is a Japanese female tennis player. ... The Acura Classic is a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, held every summer at the La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California. ... The East West Bank Classic presented by Herbalife is a Tier II tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held in Carson, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. ... Sania Mirza (born November 15, 1986) is an Indian tennis player. ... Kateryna Bondarenko (born March 21, 1986 in Krivyi Rig, Soviet Union [Ukraine]) is a professional female tennis player from Ukraine. ...

WTA Tour titles (10)

Singles wins (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	July 27, 2002	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Henrieta Nagyová	63 40 ret.
2.	July 13, 2003	Palermo	Clay	Katarina Srebotnik	63 64
3.	February 13, 2005	Paris, France	Carpet	Amélie Mauresmo	64 26 63
4.	May 15, 2005	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Zuzana Ondrášková	76(2) 63
5.	January 6, 2007	Gold Coast, Australia	Hard	Martina Hingis	63 36 75

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Singles finalist (4)

• 2004: Luxembourg (lost to Alicia Molik 63 64)
• 2006: Rome (lost to Martina Hingis 62 75)
• 2006: 's-Hertogenbosch (lost to Michaëlla Krajicek 63 64)
• 2007: Charleston (lost to Jelena Janković 62 62)

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Doubles (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	September 26, 2004	Beijing, China	Hard	Emmanuelle Gagliardi	Gisela Dulko Maria Vento-Kabchi	6-4 6-4
2.	June 18, 2005	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Iveta Benešová Nuria Llagostera Vives	6-4 2-6 7-611
3.	January 7, 2006	Gold Coast, Australia	Hard	Meghann Shaughnessy	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	6-2 6-3
4.	February 19, 2006	Antwerp, Belgium	Carpet Indoor	Katarina Srebotnik	Stéphanie Foretz Michaëlla Krajicek	6-1 6-1
5.	January 6, 2007	Gold Coast, Australia	Hard	Katarina Srebotnik	Iveta Benešová Galina Voskoboeva	6-3 6-4

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Singles performance timeline

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External links

• Official site
• Dinara Safina profile on WTA Tour's official website
• dinarasafina.net: a fansite
• dinarasafina1.skyblog.com: a fansite