Marat Safin vs Olivier Rochus — Sydney Round of 32

Sydney · ATP · Round of 32
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 6 January 2003
hard
BEL
Olivier Rochus
45 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWWLLWWW
Safin M.
6-1 6-4
Rochus O.
Safin M.
662
Rochus O.
14–

Marat Safin defeated Olivier Rochus 6-1 6-4 in the Sydney round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Marat Safin came in leading the head-to-head 5–3. Marat Safin extended the head-to-head to 6–3.

Key context

Head to head

5–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2006-08-28US OpenR32hardMarat Safin6-3 6-2 6-3
2006-06-12HalleR16grassOlivier Rochus4-6 6-4 6-1
2006-02-27DubaiR16hardOlivier Rochus7-6(5) 6-4
2005-06-06HalleQFgrassMarat Safin6-4 7-6(4)
2005-01-17Australian OpenR16hardMarat Safin4-6 7-6(1) 7-6(5) 7-6(2)
2004-04-19Monte Carlo MastersR64clayMarat Safin4-6 6-3 6-3
2002-06-24WimbledonR64grassOlivier Rochus6-2 6-4 3-6 7-6(1)
2002-05-27Roland GarrosR64clayMarat Safin4-6 6-2 3-6 6-3 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Safin M.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Rochus O.

Rochus O.serving78% hold

wins 62% 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.Rochus O.
1st serve in·Even
58%
62%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
74%
66%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
51%
Service points won·Even
64%
60%
Return points won·Even
37%
36%
Break points saved·Slight edge
64%
59%
Aces / match·Dominant
8.6
1.6
Double faults / match·Even
2.6
2.4

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Safin M.Rochus O.
Clutch Rating·Even
53
54
Break points saved·Even
83
85
Break points won·Even
47
47
Deciding sets·Even
61
63
Tiebreaks·Even
52
48

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
Lee H.
Ferrero J.
4-67-667-64
Semi-finals
Ferrero J.
Schuettler R.
3-66-36-2
Lee H.
Ferreira W.
6-36-3
Quarter-finals
Lee H.
Safin M.
W/O
Ferrero J.
Srichaphan P.
6-36-1
Ferreira W.
Squillari F.
6-06-4
Schuettler R.
Fish M.
7-656-4
R16
Srichaphan P.
Mirnyi M.
3-66-46-4
Ferrero J.
Youzhny M.
6-36-2
Lee H.
Roddick A.
7-657-5
Safin M.
Nieminen J.
3-66-16-2
Squillari F.
Davydenko N.
6-16-4
Ferreira W.
Chela J.
6-756-46-4
Schuettler R.
Gaudio G.
7-656-0
Fish M.
Moya C.
7-644-66-4
R32
Youzhny M.
Voinea A.
3-62-1
Fish M.
Krajicek R.
7-606-4
Squillari F.
Federer R.
6-26-3
Safin M.
Rochus O.
6-16-4
Ferrero J.
Crabb J.
5-77-56-3
Mirnyi M.
Malisse X.
7-656-756-3
Srichaphan P.
Draper S.
6-43-66-1
Moya C.
Blake J.
6-36-766-3
Davydenko N.
Durek R.
6-36-4
Chela J.
Costa A.
7-646-1
Schuettler R.
Ljubicic I.
6-27-61
Nieminen J.
Luczak P.
6-03-67-5
Ferreira W.
Enqvist T.
6-26-4
Lee H.
Lapentti N.
6-26-0
Roddick A.
Robredo T.
6-26-2
Gaudio G.
Reid T.
6-756-27-5