Rainer Schuettler vs Marat Safin — Lyon Round of 32

Lyon · ATP · Round of 32
GER
Rainer Schuettler
50 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWLLLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 18 October 1999
clay
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
Schuettler R.
6-1 6-4
Safin M.
Schuettler R.
662
Safin M.
14–

Rainer Schuettler defeated Marat Safin 6-1 6-4 in the Lyon round of 32 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Marat Safin came in leading the head-to-head 3–0. Rainer Schuettler 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
2001-10-22St. PetersburgFcarpetMarat Safin3-6 6-3 6-3
2000-11-06St. PetersburgQFcarpetMarat Safin6-4 1-6 6-3
2000-10-23MoscowR32hardMarat Safin6-4 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Schuettler R.serving74% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Safin M.

Safin M.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Schuettler R.

Serve advantage — Safin M.

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
Schuettler R.Safin M.
1st serve in·Even
60%
58%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
68%
74%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
52%
Service points won·Even
61%
64%
Return points won·Even
37%
37%
Break points saved·Slight edge
57%
64%
Aces / match·Dominant
3.5
8.6
Double faults / match·Even
2.8
2.6

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Schuettler R.Safin M.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
37
53
Break points saved·Slight edge
77
83
Break points won·Even
50
47
Deciding sets·Dominant
32
61
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
36
52

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Conditions

Court speed
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Lapentti N.
Hewitt L.
6-36-2
Semi-finals
Hewitt L.
Spadea V.
6-36-3
Lapentti N.
Gustafsson M.
6-757-666-2
Quarter-finals
Hewitt L.
Tillstrom M.
6-37-61
Gustafsson M.
Tarango J.
7-644-66-4
Spadea V.
Kafelnikov Y.
6-23-67-65
Lapentti N.
Kuerten G.
5-76-47-5
R16
Kuerten G.
Ferreira W.
7-656-3
Gustafsson M.
Schuettler R.
6-46-2
Kafelnikov Y.
Larsson M.
7-57-5
Spadea V.
Courier J.
6-46-4
Hewitt L.
Woodruff C.
6-46-3
Tillstrom M.
Zabaleta M.
4-67-646-2
Lapentti N.
Grosjean S.
4-66-46-1
Tarango J.
Escude N.
6-21-66-1
R32
Gustafsson M.
Martin T.
6-14-66-4
Larsson M.
Rosset M.
6-26-2
Courier J.
Philippoussis M.
6-33-66-1
Kafelnikov Y.
Reneberg R.
6-33-66-4
Spadea V.
Schalken S.
2-66-16-4
Woodruff C.
Corretja A.
7-57-60
Hewitt L.
Federer R.
7-642-66-4
Zabaleta M.
Ivanisevic G.
6-46-4
Tillstrom M.
Haas T.
6-27-63
Lapentti N.
Siemerink J.
3-66-37-64
Grosjean S.
Gambill J.
1-66-36-3
Ferreira W.
Medvedev A.
6-37-5
Kuerten G.
Vicente F.
6-37-64
Escude N.
Pioline C.
6-16-0
Tarango J.
Costa A.
6-41-0
Schuettler R.
Safin M.
6-16-4
R64
Reneberg R.
Knippschild J.
6-3
Courier J.
Di Pasquale A.
2-67-627-5
Larsson M.
Delgado R.
6-36-3
Schalken S.
Raoux G.
7-656-2
Woodruff C.
Clement A.
6-46-2
Federer R.
Vacek D.
6-36-4
Ivanisevic G.
Pozzi G.
4-66-36-4
Tillstrom M.
Koubek S.
2-67-56-3
Siemerink J.
Arazi H.
6-37-64
Gambill J.
Kroslak J.
6-16-2
Ferreira W.
Hanquez J.
6-46-3
Vicente F.
Prinosil D.
0-66-47-65
Escude N.
Bjorkman J.
6-47-5
Tarango J.
Knowles M.
6-46-1
Schuettler R.
Santoro F.
6-16-1
Gustafsson M.
Canas G.
6-46-3