Xavier Malisse vs Marat Safin — Los Angeles Round of 16

Los Angeles · ATP · Round of 16
BEL
Xavier Malisse
45 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLLWWW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 23 July 2001
hard
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
Malisse X.
7-5 6-3
Safin M.
Malisse X.
762
Safin M.
53–

Xavier Malisse defeated Marat Safin 7-5 6-3 in the Los Angeles round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Marat Safin came in leading the head-to-head 3–1. Xavier Malisse narrowed the head-to-head to 3–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2008-04-20Monte Carlo MastersR64clayMarat Safin6-3 6-2
2003-02-17RotterdamR32hardMarat Safin7-5 6-3
2002-05-06Rome MastersR32clayXavier Malisse6-3 6-4
2001-01-29MilanR16carpetMarat Safin3-6 6-3 7-5

Serve vs return

This season
Malisse X.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Safin M.

Safin M.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Malisse X.

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
Malisse X.Safin M.
1st serve in·Even
58%
58%
1st serve points won·Even
73%
74%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
52%
Service points won·Even
64%
64%
Return points won·Even
37%
37%
Break points saved·Even
60%
64%
Aces / match·Clear edge
6.9
8.6
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.0
2.6

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Malisse X.Safin M.
Clutch Rating·Even
52
53
Break points saved·Even
85
83
Break points won·Slight edge
52
47
Deciding sets·Slight edge
53
61
Tiebreaks·Even
56
52

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

Draw

Final
Agassi A.
Sampras P.
6-46-2
Semi-finals
Sampras P.
Malisse X.
7-646-4
Agassi A.
Kuerten G.
6-736-36-3
Quarter-finals
Malisse X.
Dent T.
3-67-56-3
Sampras P.
Norman M.
7-57-64
Agassi A.
Gambill J.
6-27-5
Kuerten G.
Haas T.
6-36-3
R16
Sampras P.
Chang M.
7-667-62
Dent T.
Mirnyi M.
6-746-27-5
Norman M.
Saulnier C.
6-47-64
Gambill J.
Goldstein P.
6-16-4
Agassi A.
Rusedski G.
6-34-66-4
Kuerten G.
Ginepri R.
7-646-2
Haas T.
Bryan B.
6-26-3
Malisse X.
Safin M.
7-56-3
R32
Norman M.
Mamiit C.
6-46-2
Kuerten G.
Llodra M.
7-646-4
Ginepri R.
Lareau S.
4-66-36-4
Bryan B.
Dupuis A.
6-737-636-2
Haas T.
Lee H.
6-46-4
Agassi A.
Blake J.
6-07-63
Rusedski G.
Srichaphan P.
6-47-64
Goldstein P.
Kim A.
6-46-3
Gambill J.
Joyce M.
6-16-3
Saulnier C.
Caratti C.
6-46-3
Chang M.
Behr N.
6-27-5
Sampras P.
Woodruff C.
7-56-2
Dent T.
Moya C.
6-36-4
Mirnyi M.
Schalken S.
6-37-63
Malisse X.
Gimelstob J.
6-47-5
Safin M.
Roddick A.
6-36-4