Dinara Safina
Dinara Safina is a Russian former world No. 1 tennis player.
Safina is an aggressive baseliner who likes to take the ball on the rise with full power on every shot. Her sharp angled forehand can force a return that she can hit with a big and heavy forehand for a winner. Her backhand can be flat, heavy, and devastating. She boasts a powerful first serve that sometimes lacks consistency in tight moments.
Safina was runner-up in singles at the 2008 French Open, 2009 Australian Open, and the 2009 French Open, falling to Ana Ivanović, Serena Williams, and Svetlana Kuznetsova, respectively. She had success at Grand Slam events in women's doubles by winning the 2007 US Open with Nathalie Dechy. She also won the Olympic silver medal in women's singles at the Beijing 2008: Games of the XXIX Olympiad (2008). Safina retired in 2014 after a lengthy absence from the tour since 2011 due to an ongoing back injury.
She is the younger sister of former world No. 1 men's player Marat Safin. The brother-sister pair are the first to both achieve No. 1 rankings.
Safina is an aggressive baseliner who likes to take the ball on the rise with full power on every shot. Her sharp angled forehand can force a return that she can hit with a big and heavy forehand for a winner. Her backhand can be flat, heavy, and devastating. She boasts a powerful first serve that sometimes lacks consistency in tight moments.
Safina was runner-up in singles at the 2008 French Open, 2009 Australian Open, and the 2009 French Open, falling to Ana Ivanović, Serena Williams, and Svetlana Kuznetsova, respectively. She had success at Grand Slam events in women's doubles by winning the 2007 US Open with Nathalie Dechy. She also won the Olympic silver medal in women's singles at the Beijing 2008: Games of the XXIX Olympiad (2008). Safina retired in 2014 after a lengthy absence from the tour since 2011 due to an ongoing back injury.
She is the younger sister of former world No. 1 men's player Marat Safin. The brother-sister pair are the first to both achieve No. 1 rankings.
