Dinara Safina

Dinara Mikhailovna Safina (Tatar: Динара Мөбин кызы Сафина, Dinara Möbin qızı Safina, born April 27, 1986 in Moscow) is a Russian professional tennis player.

She has been the runner-up in three Grand Slam singles tournaments and won the women's doubles title at 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. Her most recent achievement is runner-up in the 2009 French Open.

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 #1 rankings.

Early life
Safina was born in Moscow, Russia to Tatar parents. Her mother, tennis coach Rauza Islanova, was her trainer when she was younger. Safina's father is director of the Spartak tennis club in Moscow. At age 8 Safina and her family moved to Valencia, Spain and as a result Safina speaks fluent Spanish as well as Russian and English.

Previously, Safina was coached by Glen Schaap, former coach of Anna Chakvetadze and Nadia Petrova. Her current coach is Željko Krajan. She trains in Varazdin, Croatia. Safina's idols growing up were Steffi Graf, Martina Hingis and Lindsay Davenport. More recently, she has stated that she idolises Rafael Nadal.

Detail:
Nickname(s) : Dina, Marat's Sister,Bean
Country : Russia
Residence : Moscow, Russia
Date of birth : April 27, 1986 (1986-04-27) (age 23)
Place of birth : Moscow, Soviet Union
Height : 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight : 70 kg (150 lb; 11 st)
Turned pro : 2001
Plays : Right-handed; two-handed backhand
Career prize money : US$8,877,828

Singles :
Career record : 333-144
Career titles : 12 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking : No. 1 (April 20, 2009)
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 : 168–87
Career titles : 8 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking : No. 1

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)