Marat Safin vs Franco Squillari — Lyon Round of 32

Lyon · ATP · Round of 32
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 8 October 2001
clay
ARG
Franco Squillari
50 yrs · 183 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLWLWLW
Safin M.
6-4 7-5
Squillari F.
Safin M.
672
Squillari F.
45–

Marat Safin defeated Franco Squillari 6-4 7-5 in the Lyon round of 32 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Franco Squillari came in defending last year's round of 16. Marat Safin extended the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

1–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2003-04-28ValenciaR32hardFranco Squillari6-4 5-7 6-2
2001-05-21DusseldorfRRclayMarat Safin7-6(6) 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Safin M.serving76% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Squillari F.

Squillari F.serving72% hold

wins 59% 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.Squillari F.
1st serve in·Even
58%
57%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
74%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
49%
Service points won·Even
64%
60%
Return points won·Even
37%
39%
Break points saved·Slight edge
64%
59%
Aces / match·Dominant
8.6
3.7
Double faults / match·Dominant
2.6
4.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 140). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Ljubicic I.
El Aynaoui Y.
6-36-2
Semi-finals
Ljubicic I.
Safin M.
6-737-647-67
El Aynaoui Y.
Malisse X.
7-656-2
Quarter-finals
Malisse X.
Bjorkman J.
6-14-1
Ljubicic I.
Gaudio G.
6-36-756-1
El Aynaoui Y.
Ferrero J.
6-46-4
Safin M.
Mirnyi M.
2-66-46-4
R16
Safin M.
Okun N.
6-36-4
Gaudio G.
Tabara M.
3-67-56-3
Ljubicic I.
Benneteau J.
7-57-5
Ferrero J.
Kiefer N.
6-26-2
El Aynaoui Y.
Lapentti N.
6-27-65
Bjorkman J.
Grosjean S.
7-621-66-4
Malisse X.
Clement A.
7-53-67-66
Mirnyi M.
Arazi H.
7-646-2
R32
Ljubicic I.
Kuerten G.
7-616-2
Ferrero J.
Gaudenzi A.
6-16-3
Kiefer N.
Blanco G.
7-56-3
El Aynaoui Y.
Sanguinetti D.
6-36-2
Lapentti N.
Mathieu P.
6-26-2
Grosjean S.
Boutter J.
6-26-4
Bjorkman J.
Vinck C.
6-26-3
Malisse X.
Kucera K.
7-666-1
Clement A.
Llodra M.
4-66-36-1
Okun N.
Arthurs W.
3-67-57-68
Safin M.
Squillari F.
6-47-5
Tabara M.
Portas A.
4-66-26-2
Gaudio G.
Dupuis A.
6-47-64
Benneteau J.
Pozzi G.
6-36-3
Arazi H.
Schalken S.
2-67-56-3
Mirnyi M.
Schuettler R.
4-66-46-3