Marat Safin vs Roger Federer — Moscow Quarter-final

Moscow · ATP · Quarter-final
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 30 September 2002
hard
SUI
Roger Federer
44 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWLWLWW
Safin M.
7-5 6-4
Federer R.
Safin M.
762
Federer R.
54–

Marat Safin defeated Roger Federer 7-5 6-4 in the Moscow quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Roger Federer came in leading the head-to-head 10–1, defending last year's round of 32. Marat Safin narrowed the head-to-head to 10–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–10
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2009-01-19Australian OpenR32hardRoger Federer6-3 6-2 7-6(5)
2008-06-23WimbledonSFgrassRoger Federer6-3 7-6(3) 6-4
2007-06-25WimbledonR32grassRoger Federer6-1 6-4 7-6(4)
2005-06-06HalleFgrassRoger Federer6-4 6-7(6) 6-4
2005-01-17Australian OpenSFhardMarat Safin5-7 6-4 5-7 7-6(6) 9-7
2004-11-15Masters CupSFhardRoger Federer6-3 7-6(18)
2004-03-01DubaiR32hardRoger Federer7-6(2) 7-6(4)
2004-01-19Australian OpenFhardRoger Federer7-6(3) 6-4 6-2
2002-05-13Hamburg MastersFclayRoger Federer6-1 6-3 6-4
2002-02-08Davis Cup WG R1: RUS vs SUIRRclayRoger Federer7-5 6-1 6-2
2001-05-07Rome MastersR32clayRoger Federer4-6 6-4 7-6(5)

Serve vs return

This season
Safin M.serving82% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Federer R.

Federer R.serving93% hold

wins 73% of points on serve vs Safin M.

Serve advantage — Federer R.

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.Federer R.
1st serve in·Slight edge
58%
63%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
74%
79%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
52%
59%
Service points won·Slight edge
64%
71%
Return points won·Even
37%
39%
Break points saved·Slight edge
64%
69%
Aces / match·Even
8.6
9.0
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.6
1.7

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Safin M.Federer R.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
53
92
Break points saved·Clear edge
83
100
Break points won·Dominant
47
83
Deciding sets·Dominant
61
99
Tiebreaks·Dominant
52
100

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

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Mathieu P.
Schalken S.
4-66-26-0
Semi-finals
Schalken S.
Kafelnikov Y.
6-26-4
Mathieu P.
Safin M.
7-636-4
Quarter-finals
Mathieu P.
Schuettler R.
4-66-26-3
Kafelnikov Y.
Saulnier C.
6-37-5
Safin M.
Federer R.
7-56-4
Schalken S.
Escude N.
6-46-746-3
R16
Kafelnikov Y.
Kiefer N.
6-46-2
Saulnier C.
Ulihrach B.
6-36-2
Escude N.
Ljubicic I.
7-656-4
Schuettler R.
Bjorkman J.
6-16-3
Mathieu P.
Novak J.
4-66-36-4
Federer R.
Nieminen J.
6-16-4
Safin M.
Sa A.
7-634-67-5
Schalken S.
Ferreira W.
7-56-0
R32
Ulihrach B.
Johansson T.
7-657-62
Novak J.
Youzhny M.
6-43-66-3
Nieminen J.
Rios M.
7-653-67-64
Safin M.
Meligeni F.
6-47-64
Federer R.
Golovanov D.
6-06-1
Mathieu P.
Robredo T.
6-747-56-2
Bjorkman J.
Mirnyi M.
4-67-56-2
Schuettler R.
Nalbandian D.
7-666-4
Schalken S.
Rosset M.
3-66-36-4
Ferreira W.
Vicente F.
7-686-4
Ljubicic I.
El Aynaoui Y.
6-46-3
Escude N.
Costa A.
7-53-66-1
Saulnier C.
Sanguinetti D.
6-46-1
Kiefer N.
Stoliarov A.
6-16-4
Kafelnikov Y.
Voltchkov V.
4-66-37-64
Sa A.
Kratochvil M.
3-67-56-4