Patrick Rafter vs Marat Safin — Indianapolis Semi-final

Indianapolis · ATP · Semi-final
AUS
Patrick Rafter
53 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WLLLWLLWWW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 13 August 2001
hard
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
Rafter P.
6-3 5-7 7-6
Safin M.
Rafter P.
65792
Safin M.
37671

Patrick Rafter defeated Marat Safin 6-3 5-7 7-6 in the Indianapolis semi-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Marat Safin came in defending last year's final.

Key context

  • Match story: Patrick Rafter closed it out in three sets, 6–3 5–7 7–6.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Rafter P.serving91% hold

wins 71% of points on serve vs Safin M.

Safin M.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Rafter P.

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
Rafter P.Safin M.
1st serve in·Slight edge
65%
58%
1st serve points won·Even
77%
74%
2nd serve points won·Even
53%
52%
Service points won·Slight edge
69%
64%
Return points won·Even
38%
37%
Break points saved·Even
63%
64%
Aces / match·Slight edge
7.9
8.6
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.4
2.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (59 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Draw

Final
Rafter P.
Kuerten G.
4-2
Semi-finals
Rafter P.
Safin M.
6-35-77-67
Kuerten G.
Ivanisevic G.
1-66-36-2
Quarter-finals
Ivanisevic G.
El Aynaoui Y.
7-56-3
Safin M.
Enqvist T.
7-56-4
Rafter P.
Mirnyi M.
6-37-63
Kuerten G.
Henman T.
3-66-17-5
R16
Henman T.
Zabaleta M.
6-26-1
El Aynaoui Y.
Hewitt L.
6-36-716-3
Mirnyi M.
Bjorkman J.
3-66-37-612
Ivanisevic G.
Clement A.
7-57-5
Enqvist T.
Johansson T.
6-25-76-1
Kuerten G.
Ljubicic I.
7-657-5
Safin M.
Robredo T.
7-656-1
Rafter P.
Pless K.
6-46-4
R32
El Aynaoui Y.
Escude N.
3-67-636-3
Ivanisevic G.
Voltchkov V.
4-67-647-61
Clement A.
Ginepri R.
6-36-4
Rafter P.
Tabara M.
6-26-0
Pless K.
Pavel A.
7-663-66-3
Bjorkman J.
Arazi H.
6-16-4
Safin M.
Sa A.
4-66-26-3
Johansson T.
Malisse X.
3-66-16-4
Mirnyi M.
Kafelnikov Y.
6-36-3
Enqvist T.
Popp A.
7-623-66-4
Kuerten G.
Okun N.
6-46-3
Ljubicic I.
Woodruff C.
6-37-615
Zabaleta M.
Kim K.
4-66-27-5
Henman T.
Voinea A.
6-26-3
Hewitt L.
Dent T.
6-27-63
Robredo T.
Russell M.
6-37-5
R64
Ljubicic I.
Ferreira W.
4-67-647-63
Okun N.
Stepanek R.
6-46-3
Kim K.
Saulnier C.
6-46-2
Zabaleta M.
Friedl L.
6-46-756-3
Voinea A.
Lareau S.
7-666-1
Dent T.
Kratochvil M.
7-642-66-4
Bjorkman J.
Dosedel S.
7-6107-5
Mirnyi M.
Ilie A.
6-46-4
Popp A.
Vanek J.
7-56-1
Malisse X.
Simoni A.
6-26-3
Johansson T.
Levy H.
6-36-3
Robredo T.
Koubek S.
7-56-1
Russell M.
Sargsian S.
6-26-4
Sa A.
Larsson M.
6-26-786-3
El Aynaoui Y.
Spadea V.
6-46-4
Arazi H.
Fukarek O.
7-656-2
Woodruff C.
Di Pasquale A.
6-27-65
Pavel A.
Fish M.
6-45-76-1
Pless K.
Pioline C.
6-36-4
Tabara M.
Bastl G.
6-46-1
Ginepri R.
Alami K.
6-15-76-4
Voltchkov V.
Weiner G.
7-643-66-0
Ivanisevic G.
Meligeni F.
6-46-4
Escude N.
Blake J.
6-36-3