Marat Safin vs Mikael Tillstrom — St. Petersburg Round of 16

St. Petersburg · ATP · Round of 16
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 8 February 1999
carpet
SWE
Mikael Tillstrom
54 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWWLLLW
Safin M.
6-3 6-4
Tillstrom M.
Safin M.
662
Tillstrom M.
34–

Marat Safin defeated Mikael Tillstrom 6-3 6-4 in the St. Petersburg round of 16 on carpet. The result followed the form book — Marat Safin came in leading the head-to-head 2–0. Marat Safin extended the head-to-head to 3–0.

Key context

  • Match story: Marat Safin closed it out in two sets, 6–3 6–4.

Head to head

2–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2000-05-01MallorcaFgrassMarat Safin6-4 6-3
1999-08-30US OpenR128hardMarat Safin6-2 5-7 6-4 2-6 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Safin M.serving82% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Tillstrom M.

Tillstrom M.serving78% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Safin M.

Even serve battle

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
Safin M.Tillstrom M.
1st serve in·Even
58%
61%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
74%
67%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
49%
Service points won·Even
64%
60%
Return points won·Even
37%
39%
Break points saved·Slight edge
64%
59%
Aces / match·Dominant
8.6
4.1
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.6
3.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 65). 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