Marcelo Rios vs Marat Safin — Stuttgart Masters Round of 32

Stuttgart Masters · ATP · Round of 32
CHI
Marcelo Rios
50 yrs · 175 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLLWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 15 October 2001
carpet
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
Rios M.
7-6 6-3
Safin M.
Rios M.
7762
Safin M.
643–

Marcelo Rios defeated Marat Safin 7-6 6-3 in the Stuttgart Masters round of 32 on carpet. The upset overturned the form book — Marat Safin came in leading the head-to-head 3–0, defending last year's round of 16. Marcelo Rios claimed a first win over Marat Safin in four meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Marcelo Rios closed it out in two sets, 7–6 6–3.

Head to head

0–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2002-07-29Canada MastersR16hardMarat Safin3-6 6-3 7-6(3)
2000-05-15Hamburg MastersSFclayMarat Safin7-6(8) 6-2
2000-05-08Rome MastersR64clayMarat Safin6-1 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Rios M.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Safin M.

Safin M.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Rios 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
Rios M.Safin M.
1st serve in·Even
60%
58%
1st serve points won·Even
70%
74%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
52%
Service points won·Even
63%
64%
Return points won·Even
40%
37%
Break points saved·Even
64%
64%
Aces / match·Dominant
4.9
8.6
Double faults / match·Even
2.8
2.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (115 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Draw

Final
Haas T.
Mirnyi M.
6-26-26-2
Semi-finals
Mirnyi M.
Kafelnikov Y.
7-636-3
Haas T.
Hewitt L.
2-66-36-4
Quarter-finals
Haas T.
Henman T.
2-66-36-4
Hewitt L.
Ferreira W.
6-756-36-2
Mirnyi M.
Sampras P.
6-46-2
Kafelnikov Y.
Enqvist T.
7-56-4
R16
Enqvist T.
Roddick A.
6-36-767-65
Mirnyi M.
Ivanisevic G.
4-67-667-68
Sampras P.
Rios M.
4-67-636-4
Kafelnikov Y.
Novak J.
6-36-4
Ferreira W.
Grosjean S.
6-33-67-67
Hewitt L.
Canas G.
3-66-16-4
Henman T.
Lapentti N.
7-646-2
Haas T.
Arazi H.
4-66-37-61
R32
Roddick A.
Boutter J.
7-637-65
Arazi H.
Agassi A.
7-647-5
Haas T.
Schalken S.
4-67-626-2
Mirnyi M.
Kuerten G.
4-67-666-4
Ferreira W.
Federer R.
7-613-66-2
Grosjean S.
Costa A.
6-36-4
Kafelnikov Y.
Pavel A.
4-67-646-3
Novak J.
Corretja A.
3-66-26-2
Enqvist T.
Ferrero J.
4-66-37-64
Rios M.
Safin M.
7-646-3
Sampras P.
Koubek S.
6-37-65
Ivanisevic G.
Philippoussis M.
7-613-66-3
Lapentti N.
Clement A.
4-66-27-5
Henman T.
Pretzsch A.
6-36-0
Hewitt L.
Ulihrach B.
3-66-36-4
Canas G.
Johansson T.
3-66-37-5
R64
Ulihrach B.
Vinciguerra A.
6-36-2
Koubek S.
Robredo T.
4-67-656-3
Philippoussis M.
Martin A.
6-33-66-3
Arazi H.
Schuettler R.
6-46-2
Ferreira W.
Hrbaty D.
6-42-66-4
Canas G.
Clavet F.
6-36-2
Pretzsch A.
Portas A.
6-34-66-3
Lapentti N.
Moya C.
4-66-16-3
Schalken S.
Prinosil D.
6-26-4
Enqvist T.
Escude N.
7-56-3
Boutter J.
Rusedski G.
6-36-4
Pavel A.
Gambill J.
7-57-5
Novak J.
Massu N.
6-36-2
Mirnyi M.
Rochus O.
7-666-2
Costa A.
Kiefer N.
3-66-07-66
Rios M.
Santoro F.
4-66-16-2