Gianluca Pozzi vs Marat Safin — Queen's Club Quarter-final

Queen's Club · ATP · Quarter-final
ITA
Gianluca Pozzi
61 yrs · 180 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLLLLLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 12 June 2000
grass
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
Pozzi G.
7-5 7-6
Safin M.
Pozzi G.
7772
Safin M.
564–

Gianluca Pozzi defeated Marat Safin 7-5 7-6 in the Queen's Club quarter-final on grass. The upset overturned the form book — Marat Safin came in leading the head-to-head 4–0. Gianluca Pozzi claimed a first win over Marat Safin in five meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 4–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–4
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2000-10-23MoscowR16hardMarat Safin6-1 7-5
2000-08-28US OpenR64hardMarat Safin6-3 3-6 6-3 3-6 6-4
1999-08-23BostonR32hardMarat Safin7-5 7-5
1999-01-11AucklandR32hardMarat Safin6-3 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Pozzi G.serving84% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Safin M.

Safin M.serving87% hold

wins 68% of points on serve vs Pozzi G.

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
Pozzi G.Safin M.
1st serve in·Clear edge
45%
58%
1st serve points won·Even
75%
74%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
52%
Service points won·Even
61%
64%
Return points won·Even
38%
37%
Break points saved·Even
61%
64%
Aces / match·Dominant
5.6
8.6
Double faults / match·Even
2.8
2.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (77 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Weather
21°CPartly cloudy
Wind 18 km/hHumidity 63%

Draw

Final
Hewitt L.
Sampras P.
6-46-4
Semi-finals
Hewitt L.
Pozzi G.
6-16-4
Sampras P.
Sanguinetti D.
7-56-3
Quarter-finals
Sanguinetti D.
Pavel A.
3-67-656-3
Pozzi G.
Safin M.
7-57-64
Hewitt L.
Pioline C.
6-46-4
Sampras P.
Bryan B.
6-46-4
R16
Pozzi G.
Agassi A.
4-63-2
Bryan B.
Mirnyi M.
6-41-66-2
Sampras P.
Llodra M.
6-17-62
Pioline C.
Gimelstob J.
6-47-5
Hewitt L.
Ivanisevic G.
6-46-4
Pavel A.
Kucera K.
7-653-67-5
Sanguinetti D.
Nestor D.
6-34-67-5
Safin M.
Rusedski G.
6-727-656-4
R32
Rusedski G.
Knippschild J.
7-627-69
Llodra M.
Sa A.
6-13-0
Agassi A.
Dupuis A.
6-15-76-3
Safin M.
Boutter J.
7-55-76-3
Pioline C.
Gambill J.
5-76-26-3
Gimelstob J.
Santoro F.
4-66-46-0
Ivanisevic G.
Philippoussis M.
6-36-3
Sampras P.
Parmar A.
6-786-46-3
Hewitt L.
Wheaton D.
6-46-4
Kucera K.
Enqvist T.
3-67-666-3
Pavel A.
Black B.
7-656-4
Sanguinetti D.
Grosjean S.
7-641-67-66
Mirnyi M.
Martin T.
6-36-746-3
Nestor D.
Hill M.
6-46-3
Bryan B.
Henman T.
7-626-4
Pozzi G.
Agenor R.
6-34-66-0
R64
Agenor R.
Rosset M.
6-32-0
Gimelstob J.
Spadea V.
2-66-46-1
Boutter J.
Manta L.
6-26-4
Knippschild J.
Witt A.
3-66-46-3
Parmar A.
Draper S.
7-672-66-0
Rusedski G.
Ferreira W.
7-56-4
Black B.
Huet S.
6-36-1
Pozzi G.
Siemerink J.
6-34-66-1
Dupuis A.
Gustafsson M.
4-66-36-4
Gambill J.
Voinea A.
6-36-3
Nestor D.
Lareau S.
6-42-67-62
Llodra M.
Rochus C.
5-76-46-3
Sa A.
Ilie A.
4-66-37-60
Santoro F.
Goldstein P.
7-636-1
Philippoussis M.
Arthurs W.
6-37-5
Ivanisevic G.
Tieleman L.
7-57-5
Martin T.
Srichaphan P.
7-646-4
Wheaton D.
Vinciguerra A.
6-36-2
Grosjean S.
Bastl G.
6-16-0
Sanguinetti D.
Lee M.
6-756-46-2
Mirnyi M.
Hantschk M.
6-37-64
Kucera K.
Cowan B.
6-27-5
Pavel A.
Sluiter R.
6-7106-36-4
Bryan B.
Sargsian S.
6-33-66-4