Marat Safin vs Rainer Schuettler — St. Petersburg Quarter-final

St. Petersburg · ATP · Quarter-final
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 6 November 2000
carpet
GER
Rainer Schuettler
50 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWLLLL
Safin M.
6-4 1-6 6-3
Schuettler R.
Safin M.
6162
Schuettler R.
4631

Marat Safin defeated Rainer Schuettler 6-4 1-6 6-3 in the St. Petersburg quarter-final on carpet. The result followed the form book — Marat Safin came in leading the head-to-head 2–1, defending last year's semi-final. Marat Safin extended the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Marat Safin closed it out in three sets, 6–4 1–6 6–3.

Head to head

2–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2001-10-22St. PetersburgFcarpetMarat Safin3-6 6-3 6-3
2000-10-23MoscowR32hardMarat Safin6-4 6-4
1999-10-18LyonR32clayRainer Schuettler6-1 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Safin M.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Schuettler R.

Schuettler R.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Safin M.

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

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

Clutch

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

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

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Safin M.
Hrbaty D.
2-66-46-4
Semi-finals
Safin M.
Bjorkman J.
6-46-4
Hrbaty D.
Kafelnikov Y.
7-56-3
Quarter-finals
Safin M.
Schuettler R.
6-41-66-3
Bjorkman J.
Palmer J.
6-16-3
Hrbaty D.
Voltchkov V.
6-24-66-3
Kafelnikov Y.
Calatrava A.
6-36-4
R16
Palmer J.
Schalken S.
5-76-36-2
Bjorkman J.
Stoliarov A.
6-46-3
Safin M.
Woodruff C.
6-36-1
Schuettler R.
Prinosil D.
6-26-3
Kafelnikov Y.
Ruud C.
6-17-63
Calatrava A.
Hantschk M.
6-36-1
Hrbaty D.
Johansson T.
6-46-3
Voltchkov V.
Zabaleta M.
7-56-2
R32
Safin M.
Kornienko I.
7-676-1
Hantschk M.
Vicente F.
6-46-4
Kafelnikov Y.
Ulihrach B.
6-36-1
Ruud C.
Cherkasov A.
7-57-5
Calatrava A.
Koubek S.
6-26-2
Hrbaty D.
Massu N.
6-36-4
Johansson T.
Martin A.
6-36-3
Schuettler R.
Levy H.
6-16-3
Woodruff C.
Ketola T.
6-736-36-4
Voltchkov V.
Gustafsson M.
6-36-2
Zabaleta M.
Mirnyi M.
6-36-4
Schalken S.
Ivanisevic G.
3-66-26-3
Palmer J.
Novak J.
6-06-2
Bjorkman J.
Portas A.
6-26-2
Stoliarov A.
Rosset M.
1-66-36-4
Prinosil D.
Pozzi G.
3-66-47-5