Marat Safin vs Andre Sa — Moscow Round of 16

Moscow · ATP · Round of 16
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 30 September 2002
hard
BRA
Andre Sa
49 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLWWL
Safin M.
7-6 4-6 7-5
Sa A.
Safin M.
77472
Sa A.
63651

Marat Safin defeated Andre Sa 7-6 4-6 7-5 in the Moscow round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Marat Safin came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's round of 16. Marat Safin extended the head-to-head to 2–0.

Key context

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2001-08-13IndianapolisR32hardMarat Safin4-6 6-2 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Safin M.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Sa A.

Sa A.serving74% hold

wins 60% 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.Sa A.
1st serve in·Even
58%
60%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
74%
64%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
48%
Service points won·Slight edge
64%
58%
Return points won·Even
37%
38%
Break points saved·Slight edge
64%
53%
Aces / match·Dominant
8.6
2.6
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.6
3.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 73). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

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