Marat Safin vs Karol Kucera | Marat Safin Wins 2-6 6-4 6-2 6-4

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RUS vs SVKRound RobinClayFri 16 JulFinal

Marat SafinRUS

Karol KuceraSVK

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Marat Safin defeated Karol Kucera 2-6 6-4 6-2 6-4 in the RUS vs SVK round robin on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Karol Kucera came in leading the head-to-head 2–0. Marat Safin claimed a first win over Karol Kucera in three meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Match story: Marat Safin dropped the opening set before beating Karol Kucera 2–6 6–4 6–2 6–4.

How the match was decided

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Safin M. came through in four sets.

Match statistics

Match statistics are not available for this match. They appear once the official scoring feed publishes them.

Common opponents

8 shared · last 12 months

Safin M. and Kucera K. faced 8 of the same opponents in the last 12 months. Safin M. went 6–4 (60%) against them, Kucera K. 4–5 (44%). Safin M. came out better against 2 of 7 comparable opponents, Kucera K. against 0.

6–460%Safin M. · better vs 2Record vs common opponents4–544%Kucera K. · better vs 0

Vs common opponents · derived from scorelines

15–11Sets14–14

128–127Games132–137

4–0Tiebreaks2–0

1–1Deciding sets1–3

vs Sampras P.L4-6 3-6 2-6US Open · hardL3-6 5-7 4-6US Open · hard
vs Kafelnikov Y.L1-6 2-6Rome Masters · clayL7-6 3-6 2-6Tour Finals · hard
vs Philippoussis M.L4-6 3-6Indian Wells Masters · hardL4-6 6-4 5-7Paris Masters · hard

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vs Enqvist T.W6-4 6-4Indian Wells Masters · hardW1-6 6-3 6-2 6-4SWE vs SVK · carpet
vs Kiefer N.W7-6 6-4 6-4GER vs RUS · carpetW6-4 3-6 6-4Indian Wells Masters · hard
vs Vacek D.W6-3 7-6Hamburg Masters · clayW6-1 6-3 3-6 7-6Wimbledon · grass
vs Kuerten G.W6-3 5-7 4-6 6-3 6-4Australian Open · hardL6-3 4-6 5-7Rome Masters · clay
vs Voinea A.Hard to compareL6-4 3-6 3-6Hamburg Masters · clayW7-5 6-3 6-2US Open · hard

Head-to-head

3 meetings · Kucera K. leads 2–1

Clay: level 1–1 · Hard: Kucera K. leads 1–0

Safin M.July 1999RUS vs SVKThis matchClay2-6 6-4 6-2 6-4
Kucera K.January 1999Australian OpenHard6-2 6-3 6-2
Kucera K.August 1998AmsterdamClay6-2 3-6 7-6

Draw

Closing odds

Player context

Before the match

Safin M.Kucera K.1 811ELO1 7381 687Clay ELO1 5606–4Last 104–619Age25193 cmHeight188 cmRightPlaysRight

Cite this

Marat Safin beat Karol Kucera 2-6 6-4 6-2 6-4. Umpiry, "Marat Safin vs Karol Kucera — RUS vs SVK Round Robin", https://umpiry.com/match/1999-07-16/kucera-vs-safin-rus-vs-svk-rr?utm_source=cite (as of 16 July 1999).