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2009
Safina in action during the Hopman Cup.
Safina began the year by representing Russia with her brother Marat Safin in the Hopman Cup in Perth. She defeated her first three opponents: Flavia Pennetta of Italy, Su-Wei Hsieh of Chinese Taipei, and Alizé Cornet of France, but lost in the final to Slovak Dominika Cibulková 6–7, 6–1, 6–4.
Safina was seeded second at the Medibank International in Sydney. She defeated Sorana Cirstea in the first round, compatriot Vera Dushevina in the second round, Cornet in the quarterfinals, and Japanese veteran Ai Sugiyama in the semifinals. In the final, she lost to compatriot and third-seed Elena Dementieva.
At the Australian Open, Safina defeated Alla Kudryavtseva, Ekaterina Makarova, and 25th-seeded Kaia Kanepi in rounds one, two, and three, respectively. In the fourth round, she overcame Cornet 6–2, 2–6, 7–5 after having been down 5–2 and facing two match points in the third set. Safina defeated the Australian wild card entry Jelena Dokic in the quarterfinals 6–4, 4–6, 6–4, and Vera Zvonareva in the semifinals to reach the second Grand Slam final of her career. She lost to Serena Williams in the final in 59 minutes. Had Safina won the tournament, she would have assumed the World No. 1 ranking.
At the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, a Premier 5 event on the tour, Safina lost in the second round to eventual finalist Virginie Razzano 6–4, 6–2 after receiving a bye in the first round.
Although she was seeded first at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, Safina made 56 unforced errors while losing in the quarterfinals to eighth-seeded Victoria Azarenka 6–7(4), 6–1, 6–3. Safina would have replaced Serena Williams as the World No. 1 player had Safina reached the final of this tournament.
At the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, Safina lost in the third round to Australia's Samantha Stosur 6–1, 6–4.
On April 20, Safina became the 19th player, and second Russian after Maria Sharapova, to be ranked World No. 1 by the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. Safina and her brother Marat Safin are the first ever brother-sister World No. 1 pair, with Safin having been ranked World No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals earlier in his career.
Safina at the 2009 French Open.
On clay, Safina lost in the final of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart to Svetlana Kuznetsova. The following week at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, a Premier 5 event, Safina defeated Venus Williams in the semifinals 6–7(3), 6–3, 6–4 and Kuznetsova in the final. She was the first Russian to win this tournament. Safina then advanced to the final at the inaugural Premier Mandatory Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open. She defeated Danish teenager Caroline Wozniacki 6–2, 6–4 in the final to win her second consecutive title in the space of two weeks.
Competing as the top seed at the 2009 French Open, Safina advanced to the quarterfinals dropping just five games, defeating Anne Keothavong 6-0, 6-0, Vitalia Diatchenko, 27th seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, and Aravane Rezai. Safina was tested by Belarussian Victoria Azarenka in the first set of the quarterfinals, but ultimately prevailed 1–6, 6–4, 6–2. She beat Dominika Cibulková in the semifinals with a score of 6-3, 6-3 to reach her third Grand Slam final, where she lost to Russian compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–4, 6–2.
At the Ordina Open, Safina fell to Tamarine Tanasugarn.
At the Wimbledon Championships, Safina is seeded 1st. She beat Lourdes Dominguez-Lino in the first round and Rossana De Los Rios in the second round. Safina was set points down in the first set to Kirsten Flipkens, before prevailing 7-6, 6-1 in the third round. The fourth round saw her defeat Amelie Mauresmo in an epic battle - the first to be played under the roof on Wimbledon's centre court. Safina had been 3-0 up in the first set only to hit a bad patch before struggling to regain control after losing her first service game of the second, eventually winning the game in the third set. She beat Sabine Lisicki in the quarter-finals 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-1. She now plays Venus Williams in the semi-finals.
Like Jelena Jankovic a former world #1 who hadn't won a major title, Safina has been criticised by Justine Henin and many others about her No. 1 ranking because she has not won a major title. Unlike Janković, Safina had at least made a Grand Slam final, before achieving her #1 ranking.
Major finals
Grand Slam finals
Singles: 3 (0-3)
Outcome
Year
Championship
Surface
Opponent in the final
Score in the final
Runner-up
2008
French Open
Clay
Ana Ivanović
6–4, 6–3
Runner-up
2009
Australian Open
Hard
Serena Williams
6–0, 6–3
Runner-up
2009
French Open
Clay
Svetlana Kuznetsova
6–4, 6–2
Doubles: 2 (1-1)
Outcome
Year
Championship
Surface
Partner
Opponent in the final
Score in the final
Runner-up
2006
US Open
Hard
Katarina Srebotnik
Nathalie Dechy Vera Zvonareva
7–6, 7–5
Winner
2007
US Open
Hard
Nathalie Dechy
Yung-Jan Chan Chia-Jung Chuang
6–4, 6–2
Career finals (30)
Singles: 22 (11-11)
Wins (11)
Legend: Before 2009
Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (3)
Premier Mandatory (1)
Tier II (2)
Premier 5 (1)
Tier III (2)
Premier (0)
Tier IV & V (2)
International (0)
Titles by Surface
Hard (4)
Grass (0)
Clay (6)
Carpet (1)
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Opponent in the final
Score in the final
1.
July 27, 2002
Sopot, Poland
Clay
Henrieta Nagyová
6–3, 4–0 retired
2.
July 13, 2003
Palermo, Italy
Clay
Katarina Srebotnik
6–3, 6–4
3.
February 13, 2005
Paris, France
Carpet (i)
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
6.
May 11, 2008
Berlin, Germany
Clay
Elena Dementieva
3–6, 6–2, 6–2
7.
July 27, 2008
Los Angeles, USA
Hard
Flavia Pennetta
6–4, 6–2
8.
August 3, 2008
Montreal, Canada
Hard
Dominika Cibulková
6–2, 6–1
9.
September 21, 2008
Tokyo, Japan
Hard
Svetlana Kuznetsova
6–1, 6–3
10.
May 9, 2009
Rome, Italy
Clay
Svetlana Kuznetsova
6–3, 6–2
11.
May 17, 2009
Madrid, Spain
Clay
Caroline Wozniacki
6–2, 6–4
Runner-ups (11)
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Opponent in the final
Score in the final
1.
October 31, 2004
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Hard (i)
Alicia Molik
6–3, 6–4
2.
May 21, 2006
Rome, Italy
Clay
Martina Hingis
6–2, 7–5
3.
June 24, 2006
s-'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Grass
Michaëlla Krajicek
6–3, 6–4
4.
April 15, 2007
Charleston, USA
Clay
Jelena Janković
6–2, 6–2
5.
June 7, 2008
French Open, Paris, France
Clay
Ana Ivanović
6–4, 6–3
6.
June 21, 2008
s-'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Grass
Tamarine Tanasugarn
7–5, 6–3
7.
August 17, 2008
Summer Olympics, Beijing, China
Hard
Elena Dementieva
3–6, 7–5, 6–3
8.
January 16, 2009
Sydney, Australia
Hard
Elena Dementieva
6–3, 2–6, 6–1
9.
January 30, 2009
Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia
Hard
Serena Williams
6–0, 6–3
10.
May 3, 2009
Stuttgart, Germany
Clay (i)
Svetlana Kuznetsova
6–4, 6–3
11.
June 6, 2009
French Open, Paris, France
Clay
Svetlana Kuznetsova
6–4, 6–2
Doubles: 8 (8-0)
Wins (8)
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents in Final
Score in Final
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, 7–6(11)
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
6.
September 9, 2007
US Open, New York City
Hard
Nathalie Dechy
Yung-Jan Chan Chia-Jung Chuang
6–4, 6–2
7.
January 5, 2008
Gold Coast, Australia
Hard
Ágnes Szávay
Yan Zi Zheng Jie
6–1, 6–2
8.
March 22, 2008
Indian Wells, California, U.S.
Hard
Elena Vesnina
Yan Zi Zheng Jie
6–1, 1–6, [10]-[8]
Safina in action during the Hopman Cup.
Safina began the year by representing Russia with her brother Marat Safin in the Hopman Cup in Perth. She defeated her first three opponents: Flavia Pennetta of Italy, Su-Wei Hsieh of Chinese Taipei, and Alizé Cornet of France, but lost in the final to Slovak Dominika Cibulková 6–7, 6–1, 6–4.
Safina was seeded second at the Medibank International in Sydney. She defeated Sorana Cirstea in the first round, compatriot Vera Dushevina in the second round, Cornet in the quarterfinals, and Japanese veteran Ai Sugiyama in the semifinals. In the final, she lost to compatriot and third-seed Elena Dementieva.
At the Australian Open, Safina defeated Alla Kudryavtseva, Ekaterina Makarova, and 25th-seeded Kaia Kanepi in rounds one, two, and three, respectively. In the fourth round, she overcame Cornet 6–2, 2–6, 7–5 after having been down 5–2 and facing two match points in the third set. Safina defeated the Australian wild card entry Jelena Dokic in the quarterfinals 6–4, 4–6, 6–4, and Vera Zvonareva in the semifinals to reach the second Grand Slam final of her career. She lost to Serena Williams in the final in 59 minutes. Had Safina won the tournament, she would have assumed the World No. 1 ranking.
At the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, a Premier 5 event on the tour, Safina lost in the second round to eventual finalist Virginie Razzano 6–4, 6–2 after receiving a bye in the first round.
Although she was seeded first at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, Safina made 56 unforced errors while losing in the quarterfinals to eighth-seeded Victoria Azarenka 6–7(4), 6–1, 6–3. Safina would have replaced Serena Williams as the World No. 1 player had Safina reached the final of this tournament.
At the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, Safina lost in the third round to Australia's Samantha Stosur 6–1, 6–4.
On April 20, Safina became the 19th player, and second Russian after Maria Sharapova, to be ranked World No. 1 by the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. Safina and her brother Marat Safin are the first ever brother-sister World No. 1 pair, with Safin having been ranked World No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals earlier in his career.
Safina at the 2009 French Open.
On clay, Safina lost in the final of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart to Svetlana Kuznetsova. The following week at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, a Premier 5 event, Safina defeated Venus Williams in the semifinals 6–7(3), 6–3, 6–4 and Kuznetsova in the final. She was the first Russian to win this tournament. Safina then advanced to the final at the inaugural Premier Mandatory Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open. She defeated Danish teenager Caroline Wozniacki 6–2, 6–4 in the final to win her second consecutive title in the space of two weeks.
Competing as the top seed at the 2009 French Open, Safina advanced to the quarterfinals dropping just five games, defeating Anne Keothavong 6-0, 6-0, Vitalia Diatchenko, 27th seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, and Aravane Rezai. Safina was tested by Belarussian Victoria Azarenka in the first set of the quarterfinals, but ultimately prevailed 1–6, 6–4, 6–2. She beat Dominika Cibulková in the semifinals with a score of 6-3, 6-3 to reach her third Grand Slam final, where she lost to Russian compatriot Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–4, 6–2.
At the Ordina Open, Safina fell to Tamarine Tanasugarn.
At the Wimbledon Championships, Safina is seeded 1st. She beat Lourdes Dominguez-Lino in the first round and Rossana De Los Rios in the second round. Safina was set points down in the first set to Kirsten Flipkens, before prevailing 7-6, 6-1 in the third round. The fourth round saw her defeat Amelie Mauresmo in an epic battle - the first to be played under the roof on Wimbledon's centre court. Safina had been 3-0 up in the first set only to hit a bad patch before struggling to regain control after losing her first service game of the second, eventually winning the game in the third set. She beat Sabine Lisicki in the quarter-finals 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-1. She now plays Venus Williams in the semi-finals.
Like Jelena Jankovic a former world #1 who hadn't won a major title, Safina has been criticised by Justine Henin and many others about her No. 1 ranking because she has not won a major title. Unlike Janković, Safina had at least made a Grand Slam final, before achieving her #1 ranking.
Major finals
Grand Slam finals
Singles: 3 (0-3)
Outcome
Year
Championship
Surface
Opponent in the final
Score in the final
Runner-up
2008
French Open
Clay
Ana Ivanović
6–4, 6–3
Runner-up
2009
Australian Open
Hard
Serena Williams
6–0, 6–3
Runner-up
2009
French Open
Clay
Svetlana Kuznetsova
6–4, 6–2
Doubles: 2 (1-1)
Outcome
Year
Championship
Surface
Partner
Opponent in the final
Score in the final
Runner-up
2006
US Open
Hard
Katarina Srebotnik
Nathalie Dechy Vera Zvonareva
7–6, 7–5
Winner
2007
US Open
Hard
Nathalie Dechy
Yung-Jan Chan Chia-Jung Chuang
6–4, 6–2
Career finals (30)
Singles: 22 (11-11)
Wins (11)
Legend: Before 2009
Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (3)
Premier Mandatory (1)
Tier II (2)
Premier 5 (1)
Tier III (2)
Premier (0)
Tier IV & V (2)
International (0)
Titles by Surface
Hard (4)
Grass (0)
Clay (6)
Carpet (1)
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Opponent in the final
Score in the final
1.
July 27, 2002
Sopot, Poland
Clay
Henrieta Nagyová
6–3, 4–0 retired
2.
July 13, 2003
Palermo, Italy
Clay
Katarina Srebotnik
6–3, 6–4
3.
February 13, 2005
Paris, France
Carpet (i)
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
6.
May 11, 2008
Berlin, Germany
Clay
Elena Dementieva
3–6, 6–2, 6–2
7.
July 27, 2008
Los Angeles, USA
Hard
Flavia Pennetta
6–4, 6–2
8.
August 3, 2008
Montreal, Canada
Hard
Dominika Cibulková
6–2, 6–1
9.
September 21, 2008
Tokyo, Japan
Hard
Svetlana Kuznetsova
6–1, 6–3
10.
May 9, 2009
Rome, Italy
Clay
Svetlana Kuznetsova
6–3, 6–2
11.
May 17, 2009
Madrid, Spain
Clay
Caroline Wozniacki
6–2, 6–4
Runner-ups (11)
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Opponent in the final
Score in the final
1.
October 31, 2004
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Hard (i)
Alicia Molik
6–3, 6–4
2.
May 21, 2006
Rome, Italy
Clay
Martina Hingis
6–2, 7–5
3.
June 24, 2006
s-'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Grass
Michaëlla Krajicek
6–3, 6–4
4.
April 15, 2007
Charleston, USA
Clay
Jelena Janković
6–2, 6–2
5.
June 7, 2008
French Open, Paris, France
Clay
Ana Ivanović
6–4, 6–3
6.
June 21, 2008
s-'Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Grass
Tamarine Tanasugarn
7–5, 6–3
7.
August 17, 2008
Summer Olympics, Beijing, China
Hard
Elena Dementieva
3–6, 7–5, 6–3
8.
January 16, 2009
Sydney, Australia
Hard
Elena Dementieva
6–3, 2–6, 6–1
9.
January 30, 2009
Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia
Hard
Serena Williams
6–0, 6–3
10.
May 3, 2009
Stuttgart, Germany
Clay (i)
Svetlana Kuznetsova
6–4, 6–3
11.
June 6, 2009
French Open, Paris, France
Clay
Svetlana Kuznetsova
6–4, 6–2
Doubles: 8 (8-0)
Wins (8)
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents in Final
Score in Final
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, 7–6(11)
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
6.
September 9, 2007
US Open, New York City
Hard
Nathalie Dechy
Yung-Jan Chan Chia-Jung Chuang
6–4, 6–2
7.
January 5, 2008
Gold Coast, Australia
Hard
Ágnes Szávay
Yan Zi Zheng Jie
6–1, 6–2
8.
March 22, 2008
Indian Wells, California, U.S.
Hard
Elena Vesnina
Yan Zi Zheng Jie
6–1, 1–6, [10]-[8]
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