Dinara Safina
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| Country |  Russia |
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| Residence | Moscow, Russia | |
| Date of birth | April 27, 1986 | |
| Place of birth | Moscow, Russia | |
| Height | 5 ft. 11 1/2 in. (1.82 m) | |
| Weight | 154 1/2 lbs. (70 kg) | |
| 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. 10 (October 2, 2006) | |
| 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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Infobox last updated on: February 20, 2007. |
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Dinara Safina (Russian: Дина́ра Муби́новна (Миха́йловна) Са́фина), 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.
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[edit] Tennis Career
On July 29, 2002, she entered into the top 100. She also won her first WTA title in Sopot, beating Nagyova and becoming youngest Tour champion in four years and 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 21/2 hours of play.
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.
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.
Safina reached two finals, two semifinals, and nine quarterfinals in 2006.
In her first tournament of 2007, Safina fought her way through to the finals of a Tier III event at Gold Coast, Australia. She beat the number-one-seeded Martina Hingis in that final 6-3 3-6 7-5 for her first WTA Tour Title since May of 2005. This win also saw her rise into the world's top-ten.
[edit] WTA Tour titles (10)
[edit] Singles wins (5)
| Legend |
| Grand Slam (0) |
| WTA Championships (0) |
| Tier I (0) |
| Tier II (1) |
| Tier III (2) |
| Tier IV (2) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
| 1. | July 27, 2002 | Sopot, Poland | Clay |  Henrieta Nagyová |
6-3, 4-0 RET |
| 2. | July 13, 2003 | Palermo, Italy | Clay |  Katarina Srebotnik |
6-3, 6-4 |
| 3. | February 13, 2005 | Paris, France | Hard |  Amélie Mauresmo |
6-4, 2-6, 6-3 |
| 4. | May 15, 2005 | Prague, Czech Republic | Clay |  Zuzana Ondrášková |
7-6(2), 6-3 |
| 5. | January 6, 2007 | Gold Coast, Australia | Hard |  Martina Hingis |
6-3, 3-6, 7-5 |
[edit] Singles finalist (3)
- 2004: Luxembourg (lost to
Alicia Molik) 3-6 4-6 - 2006: Rome (lost to Martina Hingis) 2-6 5-7
- 2006: 's-Hertogenbosch (lost to
Michaëlla Krajicek) 3-6 4-6
[edit] 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 |
[edit] Singles performance timeline
To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the Miami Masters, which ended on April 1, 2007.
| Tournament | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | Career Win-Loss |
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| Australian Open | A | 1R | 3R | 2R | 2R | 3R | 6-5 |
| French Open | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | QF | 5-4 | |
| Wimbledon | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | 3R | 4-4 | |
| US Open | 2R | 4R | 1R | 1R | QF | 8-5 | |
| Grand Slam Win-Loss | 1-1 | 3-4 | 3-4 | 3-4 | 11-4 | 2-1 | 23-18 |
| WTA Tour Championships | A | A | A | A | A | 0-0 | |
| Tokyo | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0-0 |
| Indian Wells | A | 1R | A | 3R | QF | 3R | 5-4 |
| Miami | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 4R | 3-5 |
| Charleston | A | A | A | A | QF | 2-1 | |
| Berlin | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | QF | 5-4 | |
| Rome | A | 2R | 2R | A | F | 7-3 | |
| San Diego | A | A | A | 3R | 1R | 2-2 | |
| Montreal/Toronto | A | A | A | 2R | SF | 4-2 | |
| Moscow | 2R | 2R | 2R | SF | 1R | 6-5 | |
| Zurich | A | A | A | A | A | 0-0 | |
| Tournaments Won | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Year End Ranking | 68 | 54 | 44 | 20 | 11 | N/A |
A = did not participate in the tournament
