Marat Safin vs Cyril Saulnier — St. Petersburg Round of 32

St. Petersburg · ATP · Round of 32
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 21 October 2002
carpet
FRA
Cyril Saulnier
50 yrs · 190 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWLLLW
Safin M.
7-6 6-7 6-3
Saulnier C.
Safin M.
776262
Saulnier C.
657731

Marat Safin defeated Cyril Saulnier 7-6 6-7 6-3 in the St. Petersburg round of 32 on carpet. The result followed the form book — Marat Safin came in leading the head-to-head 2–0, defending the title. Marat Safin extended the head-to-head to 3–0.

Key context

  • Match story: Marat Safin closed it out in three sets, 7–6 6–7 6–3.

Head to head

2–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2005-04-11Monte Carlo MastersR32clayMarat Safin6-3 6-1
2004-04-12EstorilR32clayMarat Safin5-7 6-2 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Safin M.serving88% hold

wins 68% of points on serve vs Saulnier C.

Saulnier C.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Safin M.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

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.Saulnier C.
1st serve in·Even
58%
57%
1st serve points won·Even
74%
74%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
52%
Service points won·Even
64%
64%
Return points won·Even
37%
35%
Break points saved·Even
64%
61%
Aces / match·Slight edge
8.6
7.3
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.6
3.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 148). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Grosjean S.
Youzhny M.
7-56-4
Semi-finals
Youzhny M.
Voltchkov V.
6-46-3
Grosjean S.
Kucera K.
6-36-2
Quarter-finals
Kucera K.
Gaudio G.
2-66-46-3
Voltchkov V.
Kiefer N.
7-57-5
Youzhny M.
Pavel A.
6-16-3
Grosjean S.
Hrbaty D.
4-66-36-2
R16
Hrbaty D.
Kafelnikov Y.
7-617-5
Youzhny M.
Coria G.
6-43-66-4
Pavel A.
Ketola T.
6-26-4
Voltchkov V.
Safin M.
6-46-4
Kiefer N.
Mirnyi M.
6-37-5
Kucera K.
Agassi A.
6-46-4
Gaudio G.
Stoliarov A.
7-56-1
Grosjean S.
Zabaleta M.
6-36-1
R32
Gaudio G.
Shvec A.
7-57-5
Ketola T.
Martin A.
6-26-3
Coria G.
Ljubicic I.
6-26-3
Youzhny M.
El Aynaoui Y.
3-66-46-3
Kafelnikov Y.
Kohlmann M.
7-646-0
Hrbaty D.
Ulihrach B.
3-66-36-4
Zabaleta M.
Koubek S.
3-66-26-4
Grosjean S.
Sargsian S.
6-46-4
Stoliarov A.
Dupuis A.
7-53-67-62
Kucera K.
Lopez F.
6-766-36-2
Agassi A.
Stepanek R.
6-36-4
Pavel A.
Labadze I.
6-16-3
Mirnyi M.
Vacek J.
6-36-4
Kiefer N.
Levy H.
6-06-1
Voltchkov V.
Elgin M.
6-46-0
Safin M.
Saulnier C.
7-656-726-3