Dinara Safina

Dinara Safina

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2009 WTA STATS
WTA RNK SGL TITLES DBL TITLES SGL W-L PRIZE MONEY
#2 3 0 55-16 $ 4,310,218
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Triumphs to tears: Assessing the 2009 WTA stars

Abigail Lorge, TENNIS.com

...Williams The defining moment of Serena's 2009 season came not in Melbourne, where she dominated Dinara Safina for her 10th career Grand Slam singles title, nor at Wimbledon, where she soundly defeated her...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 05, 2009

Digital Serve: Nov 2nd

Jennifer welcomes in Bonnie D. Ford to give some insight on Andre Agassi's recent confessions and Serena Williams ending the year number one.

Video | November 02, 2009

Serena right where she belongs

Peter Bodo

...major stories of the WTA season could be forgiven for looking back on the brouhaha attending Dinara Safina's tenure as the No. 1 player, scratching his head and asking: What was that all...

Blog Entry | Conversation | November 02, 2009

WTA Tour says withdrawals down

Associated Press

The chief executive of the WTA Tour says a new scheduling system with fewer mandatory tournaments has caused player withdrawals to fall.

Story | Conversation | November 01, 2009

Venus advances with Dementieva loss

Associated Press

Venus Williams has reached the semifinals of the Sony Ericsson Championships with a little help from Svetlana Kuznetsova, whose 6-3, 6-2 victory over Elena Dementieva secured the American's passage into the knockout round.

Story | Conversation | October 30, 2009

Safina enters Brisbane tourney

Associated Press

Two days after tearfully pulling out of the WTA Championships with a serious back injury she thought could keep her out of the Australian Open, Dinara Safina is entering the Brisbane International.

Story | Conversation | October 29, 2009

Williams sisters, Wozniacki win

Associated Press

Serena Williams clinched a spot in the semifinals of the WTA Sony Ericsson Championships after beating Elena Dementieva 6-2, 6-4 for her third straight win in the group phase.

Story | Conversation | October 29, 2009

Where does Safina go from here?

Ravi Ubha, ESPN.com

...earlier than expected in Doha. Yes, Serena Williams, she of the two majors in 2009, edged Dinara Safina, she of the doughnut in Slams -- but a winner in Rome and Madrid. (Insert Williams' stand...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 29, 2009

Karim Jaafar/AFP/Getty Images

Dinara Safina of Russia serves shortly before retiring from her singles tennis match against Serbia's Jelena Jankovic...

Photo | October 29, 2009

Karim Jaafar/AFP/Getty Images

...the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha, Qatar on October 28, 2009. Russia's Dinara Safina hobbled out of the WTA Championships, tearfully surrendering the year-end world number one ranking to...

Photo | October 28, 2009

Safina withdraws with back injury

Associated Press

Dinara Safina withdrew from WTA Sony Ericsson Championships because of a back injury, handing the year-end No. 1 ranking to Serena Williams.

Story | Conversation | October 28, 2009

Serena wins, Venus loses

Associated Press

Victoria Azarenka has defeated Jelena Jankovic in the WTA Tour's season-ending Sony Ericsson Championships in the first round-robin group match.

Story | Conversation | October 27, 2009

Clive Brunskill/Getty Images

...Williams of United States, Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia, Elena Dementieva of Russia, Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, Dinara Safina of Russia, Jelena Jankovic of Serbia, Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark and Venus William of United States...

Photo | October 27, 2009

Digital Serve: Oct 26th

Jennifer Williams welcomes in ESPN.com tennis writer Bonnie D. Ford to preview what's at stake at the upcoming year-end WTA Sony Ericsson Championship.

Video | October 26, 2009

Does Clijsters deserve exemption into year-ender?

Sandra Harwitt, ESPN.com

...they should. The Sony Ericsson Championships field is composed of the top eight 2009 point winners: Dinara Safina, Serena Williams, Elena Dementieva, Caroline Wozniacki, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Victoria Azarenka Venus Williams and Jelena Jankovic. If...

Blog Entry | Conversation | October 26, 2009