Dinara Safina, Russian tennis player
Dinara Mubinovna Safina (Russian: Динара Мубиновна Сафина; Russian pronunciation: [dʲɪˈnarə ˈsafʲɪnə] listen ; Tatar: Cyrillic Динара Мөбин кызы Сафина, Latin Dinara Möbin qızı Safina; born April 27, 1986) is a Russian former world No. 1 tennis player. Safina was runner-up in singles at the 2008 French Open, 2009 Australian Open, and the 2009 French Open, falling to Ana Ivanovic, Serena Williams, and Svetlana Kuznetsova, respectively. She 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. Safina retired in 2014 after a lengthy absence from the tour since 2011 due to an ongoing back injury. She is the younger sister of former world No. 1 men's player Marat Safin. The brother–sister pair are the first to both achieve No. 1 rankings.