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Dinara Safina

Personal information

Name	Dinara Safina Динара Сафина
Country	Russia
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 0.8 in)
Turned pro	2000
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	US10,585,640
Singles
Career record	360 � 173 (67.54%)
Career titles	12 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 1 (April 20, 2009)
Current ranking	No. 129 (October 10, 2011)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	F (2009)
French Open	F (2008, 2009)
Wimbledon	SF (2009)
US Open	SF (2008)
Major tournaments
WTA Championships	RR (2008)
Olympic Games	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)
Major doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	QF (2008)

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Dinara Mikhailovna Safina (Russian: Динара Михайловна Сафина), born April 27, 1986 in Moscow, is a Russian professional tennis player of Tatar background. Safina's career high ranking is World No. 1.

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 has 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 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

She is the younger sister of former World No. 1 men's player Marat Safin. She and her brother are the first brother-sister tandem in tennis history to both achieve No.1 rankings.

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