Vladimir Voltchkov vs Marat Safin — St. Petersburg Round of 16

St. Petersburg · ATP · Round of 16
BLR
Vladimir Voltchkov
48 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLWWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 21 October 2002
carpet
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
Voltchkov V.
6-4 6-4
Safin M.
Voltchkov V.
662
Safin M.
44–

Vladimir Voltchkov defeated Marat Safin 6-4 6-4 in the St. Petersburg round of 16 on carpet. The upset overturned the form book — Marat Safin came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending the title. Vladimir Voltchkov claimed a first win over Marat Safin in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Vladimir Voltchkov edged a tight contest from start to finish — 6–4 6–4.

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2000-10-23MoscowQFhardMarat Safin7-6(5) 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Voltchkov V.serving78% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Safin M.

Safin M.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Voltchkov V.

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
Voltchkov V.Safin M.
1st serve in·Even
61%
58%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
68%
74%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
46%
52%
Service points won·Even
60%
64%
Return points won·Even
38%
37%
Break points saved·Slight edge
55%
64%
Aces / match·Dominant
5.3
8.6
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.0
2.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (47 vs 200). 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