Bohdan Ulihrach vs Marat Safin — Rotterdam Round of 16

Rotterdam · ATP · Round of 16
CZE
Bohdan Ulihrach
51 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLLLLLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 18 February 2002
hard
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
Ulihrach B.
1-6 6-3 6-2
Safin M.
Ulihrach B.
1662
Safin M.
6321

Bohdan Ulihrach defeated Marat Safin 1-6 6-3 6-2 in the Rotterdam round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Marat Safin came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's round of 32. Bohdan Ulihrach claimed a first win over Marat Safin in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2005-01-17Australian OpenR64hardMarat Safin6-4 6-1 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Ulihrach B.serving78% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Safin M.

Safin M.serving88% hold

wins 68% of points on serve vs Ulihrach B.

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
Ulihrach B.Safin M.
1st serve in·Even
61%
58%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
67%
74%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
52%
Service points won·Even
60%
64%
Return points won·Even
35%
37%
Break points saved·Slight edge
58%
64%
Aces / match·Dominant
3.4
8.6
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.4
2.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (95 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
7°COvercast
Wind 19 km/hHumidity 84%

Draw

Final
Escude N.
Henman T.
3-67-676-4
Semi-finals
Henman T.
Ljubicic I.
7-56-4
Escude N.
Grosjean S.
4-67-617-5
Quarter-finals
Grosjean S.
Clement A.
7-686-3
Henman T.
Ulihrach B.
7-56-3
Ljubicic I.
Heuberger I.
6-33-66-3
Escude N.
Federer R.
3-67-687-5
R16
Federer R.
Enqvist T.
W/O
Clement A.
Johansson T.
6-26-3
Escude N.
Robredo T.
6-16-2
Grosjean S.
Lee M.
6-06-2
Henman T.
Santoro F.
7-54-67-5
Ulihrach B.
Safin M.
1-66-36-2
Heuberger I.
Mirnyi M.
7-626-2
Ljubicic I.
Kafelnikov Y.
7-644-66-3
R32
Grosjean S.
Sluiter R.
7-6107-65
Lee M.
Schalken S.
7-607-60
Safin M.
Hrbaty D.
7-647-64
Ljubicic I.
Siemerink J.
6-767-667-67
Mirnyi M.
Novak J.
6-36-2
Henman T.
Kiefer N.
6-26-2
Santoro F.
Verkerk M.
1-66-36-4
Ulihrach B.
Kratochvil M.
3-67-56-2
Johansson T.
Arazi H.
6-46-4
Heuberger I.
Ivanisevic G.
7-636-4
Federer R.
Van Lottum J.
6-36-4
Enqvist T.
Pavel A.
6-26-3
Clement A.
Rusedski G.
6-37-64
Kafelnikov Y.
Boutter J.
6-37-5
Robredo T.
Youzhny M.
6-26-4
Escude N.
Ferrero J.
5-76-16-0