Marc Rosset vs Marat Safin — St. Petersburg Semi-final

St. Petersburg · ATP · Semi-final
SUI
Marc Rosset
55 yrs · 201 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLLLWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 8 February 1999
carpet
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
Rosset M.
6-3 6-2
Safin M.
Rosset M.
662
Safin M.
32–

Marc Rosset defeated Marat Safin 6-3 6-2 in the St. Petersburg semi-final on carpet. The upset overturned the form book — Marat Safin came in leading the head-to-head 3–0. Marc Rosset claimed a first win over Marat Safin in four meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2001-09-10TashkentR16hardMarat Safin6-4 7-6(3)
2000-05-15Hamburg MastersR16clayMarat Safin6-4 7-5
1999-11-01Paris MastersR16hardMarat Safin6-4 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Rosset M.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Safin M.

Safin M.serving88% hold

wins 68% of points on serve vs Rosset M.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Rosset M.Safin M.
1st serve in·Even
56%
58%
1st serve points won·Even
78%
74%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
47%
52%
Service points won·Even
65%
64%
Return points won·Even
35%
37%
Break points saved·Even
64%
64%
Aces / match·Clear edge
10.2
8.6
Double faults / match·Dominant
6.7
2.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (187 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Rosset M.
Prinosil D.
6-36-4
Semi-finals
Prinosil D.
Siemerink J.
6-46-2
Rosset M.
Safin M.
6-36-2
Quarter-finals
Safin M.
Hrbaty D.
7-647-62
Siemerink J.
Kornienko I.
6-707-646-3
Prinosil D.
Raoux G.
3-67-636-4
Rosset M.
Pavel A.
6-16-2
R16
Prinosil D.
Gustafsson M.
4-66-36-4
Kornienko I.
Goellner M.
3-67-666-3
Safin M.
Tillstrom M.
6-36-4
Hrbaty D.
Clement A.
6-26-3
Pavel A.
Tarango J.
3-66-36-2
Rosset M.
Grosjean S.
6-27-62
Raoux G.
Knippschild J.
6-37-64
Siemerink J.
Jonsson F.
7-626-2
R32
Kornienko I.
Tieleman L.
6-33-1
Safin M.
Canas G.
6-26-3
Tarango J.
Calatrava A.
4-66-36-3
Pavel A.
Apell J.
6-33-66-4
Grosjean S.
Damm Sr M.
6-737-686-3
Goellner M.
Sanguinetti D.
6-37-65
Gustafsson M.
Kunitsyn I.
6-13-67-5
Hrbaty D.
Voinea A.
6-33-66-3
Clement A.
Alami K.
6-26-776-4
Tillstrom M.
Cherkasov A.
3-66-46-4
Jonsson F.
Kroslak J.
6-17-63
Siemerink J.
Kohlmann M.
6-36-4
Knippschild J.
Chesnokov A.
6-16-3
Rosset M.
Petrouchevsky S.
6-06-2
Raoux G.
Vacek D.
7-666-4
Prinosil D.
Pozzi G.
6-43-66-3