Marat Safin vs Gianluca Pozzi — Moscow Round of 16

Moscow · ATP · Round of 16
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 23 October 2000
hard
ITA
Gianluca Pozzi
61 yrs · 180 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLLLLLW
Safin M.
6-1 7-5
Pozzi G.
Safin M.
672
Pozzi G.
15–

Marat Safin defeated Gianluca Pozzi 6-1 7-5 in the Moscow round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Marat Safin came in leading the head-to-head 3–1, defending last year's round of 32. Marat Safin extended the head-to-head to 4–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Marat Safin came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 6–1 7–5.

Head to head

3–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2000-08-28US OpenR64hardMarat Safin6-3 3-6 6-3 3-6 6-4
2000-06-12Queen's ClubQFgrassGianluca Pozzi7-5 7-6(4)
1999-08-23BostonR32hardMarat Safin7-5 7-5
1999-01-11AucklandR32hardMarat Safin6-3 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Safin M.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Pozzi G.

Pozzi G.serving80% hold

wins 63% 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.Pozzi G.
1st serve in·Clear edge
58%
45%
1st serve points won·Even
74%
75%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
49%
Service points won·Even
64%
61%
Return points won·Even
37%
38%
Break points saved·Even
64%
61%
Aces / match·Dominant
8.6
5.6
Double faults / match·Even
2.6
2.9

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

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Kafelnikov Y.
Prinosil D.
6-27-5
Semi-finals
Prinosil D.
Safin M.
6-746-36-3
Kafelnikov Y.
Rosset M.
4-66-27-5
Quarter-finals
Rosset M.
Youzhny M.
6-726-47-62
Kafelnikov Y.
Burgsmuller L.
6-36-2
Safin M.
Voltchkov V.
7-656-1
Prinosil D.
Bjorkman J.
7-635-77-65
R16
Burgsmuller L.
Novak J.
5-76-16-3
Safin M.
Pozzi G.
6-17-5
Voltchkov V.
Ilie A.
7-54-66-4
Prinosil D.
Levy H.
6-36-0
Bjorkman J.
Mirnyi M.
6-33-66-1
Kafelnikov Y.
Martin A.
6-36-1
Youzhny M.
Johansson T.
4-66-27-65
Rosset M.
Gustafsson M.
6-36-4
R32
Burgsmuller L.
Damm Sr M.
2-60-1
Kafelnikov Y.
Golovanov D.
7-646-4
Pozzi G.
Koubek S.
3-66-16-2
Safin M.
Schuettler R.
6-46-4
Ilie A.
Phau B.
6-16-2
Voltchkov V.
Vicente F.
7-54-66-3
Prinosil D.
Nestor D.
6-756-36-3
Levy H.
Ruud C.
6-46-1
Bjorkman J.
Ketola T.
6-27-5
Mirnyi M.
Pless K.
7-686-1
Youzhny M.
Santoro F.
6-46-2
Johansson T.
Portas A.
6-34-66-4
Gustafsson M.
Clavet F.
6-46-4
Rosset M.
Cherkasov A.
6-26-4
Novak J.
Ivanisevic G.
3-66-36-4
Martin A.
Kroslak J.
6-766-36-4