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Dinara Mikhailovna Safina  (ethnic Tatar) (born
April 27, 1986, Moscow, Russia) is a professional
tennis player from Russia. She was born in Moscow
and currently resides there as well. She is also
the younger sister of Russian tennis player Marat
Safin.

Right-handed Dinara has an imposing presence on
the court with her 6-foot tall stature. Like her
older brother, Dinara started playing tennis when
she was very young. She turned pro in 2001. On
July 29, 2002, she broke into the top 100. In the
same year, she defeated a top 20 player (Farina
Elia) for the first time (at the age of 16). On
July 14, 2003, she broke into the top 50. At the
US Open 2003, she reached the 4th round. Safina
also plays  doubles matches. Her highest ranking
for doubles was 21 on March 21, 2005. 

In the 2004 Australian Open, Safina upset Amanda
Coetzer of South Africa before losing to Kim
Clijsters of Belgium. As of August 2005, her
career prize money totalled $873,324. She is also
sponsored by Adidas and Babolat.

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===Singles Titles (3)===
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|No.
|Date
|Tournament
|Surface
|Opponent in the final
|Score
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| 1.
| Jul 27, 2002                
| Sopot, Poland
| Clay
| Henrieta Nagyova (Slovakia)
| 6-3 4-0 RET
|-
| 2.
| Jul 13, 2003
| Palermo, Italy
| Clay
| Katarina Srebotnik (Slovakia)
| 6-3 6-4
|-
| 3.
| Feb 13, 2005                            
| Paris, France
| Hard
| Amelie Mauresmo (France)
| 2-6 7-6 6-4
|}

===Singles Finalist (1)===
* 2004: Luxembourg (lost to Alicia Molik)

==External links==
*http://www.dinarasafina.com/ Official site
*wta|id=190950|name=Dinara Safina
*http://www.dinarasafina.net/ dinarasafina.net: a
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