Dinara Safina, a Russian professional tennis player was given birth in Moscow on April 27, 1986. She is actually the younger sister of a similar tennis player and previous World's Number 1 Marat Safin. She is coached by Glen Schaap, former coach of Petrova. Her mother, Rauza Islanova was previously her coach when she was younger. Her dad was the Director for the Spartak Tennis Club in Moscow.
On July 29, 2002 she appeared into The Top 100. She also received her very first WTA Title in Sopot, defeating Nagyova and becoming the ever youngest Tour Champion in four years and first qualifier to grab the title in three years. On the same year, she defeated a top-notch 20 player Silvia Farina Elia who had previously been seeded 14, the very first time in Moscow, at the age of 16. On July 14, 2003, she broke on the top 50. She won her another WTA Title over Katarina Srebotnik in Palermo. In that particular year, she hit the fourth round on the 2003 US Open and also reached the Quarterfinals in Doha, Sopot & Shanghai. She defeated the defending champion Magdalena Maleeva in Russia.
For the 2004 Australian Open, Safina upset Amanda Coetzer of South Africa before being defeated by Kim Clijsters of Belgium. For the very first time, she finished the season in the Top 50 and reached third career final at Luxembourg where she lost against Alicia Molik. She won her exemplary Singles Title at Paris Indoors beating Amelie Mauresmo. Paired with Dementieva, she won the decisive doubles rubber in the Fed Cup Finals in 2005. She stunned the World Number 1 Sharapova within the QF of the 2005 Kremlin Cup winning 1-6, 6-4, 7-5.
In the 2007 Australian Open, she achieved the Tier I in Rome Final by defeating Top Ten Tennis Players Kim Clijsters, Elena Dementieva and Kuznetsova, but was also defeated then by resurgent Martina Hingis 6-2, 7-5. In the 2006 French Open, she reached the Quarterfinals for the first time in her tennis career. During the fourth round, she defeated number four seed Sharapova 7-5, 2-6, 7-5. In the third set, she trailed 1-5 but managed to drag the upset of almost 21/2 hours of play. To start the grass season, following her excellent execution on clay, she reached her very first Grass Court Final on the Ordina Open, but got lost to Krajicek 6-3, 6-4.
In her first tournament of 2007, she fought her way to the finals of a Tier III Tournament at Gold Coast, Australia. She defeated the number one-seeded Martina Hingis in that final 6-3 3-6 7-5 on her first WTA Tour Title since May of 2005. This win also saw her rise into the World's Top Ten Tennis Player in Women's Division.
On July 29, 2002 she appeared into The Top 100. She also received her very first WTA Title in Sopot, defeating Nagyova and becoming the ever youngest Tour Champion in four years and first qualifier to grab the title in three years. On the same year, she defeated a top-notch 20 player Silvia Farina Elia who had previously been seeded 14, the very first time in Moscow, at the age of 16. On July 14, 2003, she broke on the top 50. She won her another WTA Title over Katarina Srebotnik in Palermo. In that particular year, she hit the fourth round on the 2003 US Open and also reached the Quarterfinals in Doha, Sopot & Shanghai. She defeated the defending champion Magdalena Maleeva in Russia.
For the 2004 Australian Open, Safina upset Amanda Coetzer of South Africa before being defeated by Kim Clijsters of Belgium. For the very first time, she finished the season in the Top 50 and reached third career final at Luxembourg where she lost against Alicia Molik. She won her exemplary Singles Title at Paris Indoors beating Amelie Mauresmo. Paired with Dementieva, she won the decisive doubles rubber in the Fed Cup Finals in 2005. She stunned the World Number 1 Sharapova within the QF of the 2005 Kremlin Cup winning 1-6, 6-4, 7-5.
In the 2007 Australian Open, she achieved the Tier I in Rome Final by defeating Top Ten Tennis Players Kim Clijsters, Elena Dementieva and Kuznetsova, but was also defeated then by resurgent Martina Hingis 6-2, 7-5. In the 2006 French Open, she reached the Quarterfinals for the first time in her tennis career. During the fourth round, she defeated number four seed Sharapova 7-5, 2-6, 7-5. In the third set, she trailed 1-5 but managed to drag the upset of almost 21/2 hours of play. To start the grass season, following her excellent execution on clay, she reached her very first Grass Court Final on the Ordina Open, but got lost to Krajicek 6-3, 6-4.
In her first tournament of 2007, she fought her way to the finals of a Tier III Tournament at Gold Coast, Australia. She defeated the number one-seeded Martina Hingis in that final 6-3 3-6 7-5 on her first WTA Tour Title since May of 2005. This win also saw her rise into the World's Top Ten Tennis Player in Women's Division.
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