“s retirement was a chronic back injury.”
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Dinara Safina
Dinara Mubinovna Safina is a Russian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 26 weeks, and world No. 8 in doubles. Safina won twelve WTA Tour-level singles titles and nine in doubles, including the women's doubles title at the 2007 US Open with Nathalie Dechy. She was the runner-up at three major singles to…
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Born 27 April 1986 · Q1029664
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2026· 3 entries
“Being the little sister in such a big tennis family is not an easy situation. Maybe that”
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Mshale: 2009 Australian Open Final - Serena Williams Vs Dinara Safina Full Match Carnival Pricing Glitch Outage (JQ5TVOitxl)
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2014· 1 entry
Safina officially retired from tennis after the final day of Madrid Open following years of injuries
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2012· 1 entry
That she requested wildcards for the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, the Montreal Open, the Cincinnati Open and the US Open
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2011· 3 entries
The Guardian: Australian Open 2011: The sad decline of Dinara Safina | Kevin Mitchell
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The Guardian: Australian Open 2011: Kim Clijsters beats Dinara Safina in 44 minutes
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“She has taken the decision relatively well. She considers it just to be the end of a period in her life.”
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2010· 4 entries
The Guardian: Dinara Safina drops out of Wimbledon with recurrence of back problem
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The Guardian: Dinara Safina knocked out of French Open by veteran as Henin prevails
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The Guardian: Dinara Safina pulls out of Dubai Championships with back injury
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The Guardian: Double-fault prone Elena Baltacha handed harsh lesson by Dinara Safina
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2009· 10 entries
The Guardian: Dinara Safina shocked by wildcard entrant Zhang Shuai in China Open
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The Guardian: Dinara Safina may lose No1 spot after China Open defeat
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The Guardian: Shock for Dinara Safina as she loses to Taiwanese qualifier in Pan Pacific Open
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The Guardian: Another shock at the US Open as Dinara Safina loses to world No70
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The Guardian: Dinara Safina makes shaky progress with defeat of Kristina Barrois
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The Guardian: Marat Safin defends sister Dinara Safina over her world No1 ranking
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The Guardian: Dinara Safina battles back to avoid first-round embarrassment at US Open
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The Guardian: Dinara Safina survives first-round scare to advance at US Open
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Won the WTA Italian Open with WTA Tour Womens (2009).
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Won the WTA Madrid Open with WTA Tour Womens (2009).
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2008· 3 entries
Won the WTA Canadian Open with WTA Tour Womens (2008).
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Safina stated: "that was a great experience in my life [
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“that was a great experience in my life [...] it also boosted my confidence because I showed I could play well even with the [French] crowd against me.”
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2005· 1 entry
Played for Russia Billie Jean King Cup team (2005–2014).
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1986· 1 entry
Born 1986-04-27.
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