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Dinara Safina
Dinara Safina at the 2008 WTA Tour Championships3.jpg
Safina at the 2008 WTA Tour Championships
Country  Russia
Residence Monte Carlo, Monaco
Born April 27, 1986 (1986-04-27) (age 34)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Height 1.85 m
Turned pro 2000
Retired May 11, 2014 (last match 2011)
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $10,585,640
Singles
Career record 360–173 (67.54%)
Career titles 12 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking No. 1 (April 20, 2009)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open F (2009)
French Open F (2008, 2009)
Wimbledon SF (2009)
US Open SF (2008)
Other tournaments
Championships RR (2008, 2009)
Olympic Games Silver medal.svg Silver Medal (2008)
Doubles
Career record 181–91
Career titles 9 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking No. 8 (May 12, 2008)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open QF (2004, 2005)
French Open 3R (2006, 2007, 2008)
Wimbledon 3R (2005, 2008)
US Open W (2007)
Other Doubles tournaments
Olympic Games QF (2008)
Team Competitions
Fed Cup W (2005)
Hopman Cup F (2009)

Dinara Mikhailovna Safina (Russian: Дина́ра Миха́йловна (Муби́новна) Са́фина), born April 27, 1986) is a Russian professional tennis player of Tatar ethnicity. She was born in Moscow, Russia. She is the younger sister of former world number one men's player, Marat Safin.

She was coached by Glen Schaap, former trainer of Nadia Petrova. Her new coach is Željko Krajan. Her mother, Rauza Islanova used to be her trainer when she was younger and still gives advice to Dinara. Dinara Safina's father is director of the Spartak tennis club in Moscow. She has won one Grand Slam title, the women's double title at the 2007 U.S. Open with her partner Nathalie Dechy. She also reached the final of the French Open in 2008, losing to current World No. 1 Ana Ivanović.

   

United States Chris Evert (1975 – 260 weeks)
Australia Evonne Goolagong (1976 – 2 weeks)
United States Martina Navratilova (1978 – 331 weeks)
United States Tracy Austin (1980 – 22 weeks)
Germany Steffi Graf (1987 – 377 weeks)
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/United States Monica Seles (1991 – 178 weeks)
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (1995 – 12 weeks)

Switzerland Martina Hingis (1997 – 209 weeks)
United States Lindsay Davenport (1998 – 98 weeks)
United States Venus Williams (2002 – 11 weeks)
United States Serena Williams (2002 – 309 weeks)
Belgium Kim Clijsters (2003 – 20 weeks)
Belgium Justine Henin (2003 – 117 weeks)
France Amélie Mauresmo (2004 – 39 weeks)

Russia Maria Sharapova (2005 – 17 weeks)
Serbia Ana Ivanović (2008 – 12 weeks)
Serbia Jelena Janković (2008 – 18 weeks)
Russia Dinara Safina (2009 – 26 weeks)
Denmark Caroline Wozniacki (2010 – 67 weeks)
Belarus Victoria Azarenka (2012 – 51 weeks)
Germany Angelique Kerber (2016 – 5 weeks)
WTA rankings began on November 3, 1975 · (year first held – number of weeks (w)) • current No. 1 in bold, as of 10 October 2016



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    Safina at the 2006 Australian Open

  • Dinara Safina 2007 Australian Open womens doubles R1

    Safina at the 2007 Australian Open

  • Dinara Safina

    Safina at the German Open (Berlin)

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