Marat Safin vs Stefan Koubek — Indian Wells Masters Round of 64

Indian Wells Masters · ATP · Round of 64
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 10 March 2003
hard
AUT
Stefan Koubek
49 yrs · 175 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLWLWW
Safin M.
3-6 6-3 7-5
Koubek S.
Safin M.
3672
Koubek S.
6351

Marat Safin defeated Stefan Koubek 3-6 6-3 7-5 in the Indian Wells Masters round of 64 on hard. The result followed the form book — Marat Safin came in leading the head-to-head 2–0, defending last year's round of 16. Marat Safin extended the head-to-head to 3–0.

Key context

Head to head

2–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2007-02-26Las VegasRRhardMarat Safin7-5 6-2
2004-10-18Madrid MastersR16clayMarat Safin6-3 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Safin M.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Koubek S.

Koubek S.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.Koubek S.
1st serve in·Even
58%
60%
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%
38%
Break points saved·Slight edge
64%
58%
Aces / match·Dominant
8.6
3.7
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.6
3.1

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Safin M.Koubek S.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
53
46
Break points saved·Clear edge
83
71
Break points won·Slight edge
47
54
Deciding sets·Clear edge
61
49
Tiebreaks·Even
52
50

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
26°CClear
Wind 4 km/hHumidity 19%

Draw

Final
Hewitt L.
Kuerten G.
6-16-1
Semi-finals
Hewitt L.
Spadea V.
7-656-1
Kuerten G.
Schuettler R.
6-23-66-2
Quarter-finals
Kuerten G.
Blake J.
4-66-46-0
Hewitt L.
Ginepri R.
6-46-2
Spadea V.
Vahaly B.
6-36-2
Schuettler R.
Roddick A.
6-36-2
R16
Blake J.
Moya C.
5-76-36-2
Schuettler R.
Mirnyi M.
6-36-4
Kuerten G.
Calleri A.
6-47-65
Ginepri R.
Safin M.
6-06-1
Vahaly B.
Robredo T.
6-27-5
Roddick A.
Grosjean S.
7-652-67-61
Hewitt L.
Coria G.
6-736-46-3
Spadea V.
Rochus O.
6-44-66-2
R32
Ginepri R.
Novak J.
W/O
Robredo T.
Schalken S.
5-76-26-0
Coria G.
Corretja A.
6-26-1
Vahaly B.
Ferrero J.
6-43-66-3
Hewitt L.
Kafelnikov Y.
6-36-2
Safin M.
Philippoussis M.
6-46-3
Roddick A.
Lopez F.
6-46-3
Grosjean S.
Malisse X.
6-36-3
Schuettler R.
Zabaleta M.
6-36-3
Mirnyi M.
Rios M.
6-36-3
Kuerten G.
Federer R.
7-57-63
Calleri A.
Henman T.
6-47-64
Blake J.
Chela J.
6-16-4
Moya C.
Clement A.
6-06-2
Rochus O.
Costa A.
5-76-46-4
Spadea V.
Kiefer N.
6-36-2
R64
Rios M.
Gaudio G.
4-0
Robredo T.
Nieminen J.
6-20-1
Costa A.
Krajicek R.
7-657-64
Corretja A.
Acasuso J.
7-627-67
Federer R.
Mantilla F.
6-746-44-1
Ferrero J.
Sargsian S.
6-46-756-4
Rochus O.
Santoro F.
6-12-66-3
Kiefer N.
Ancic M.
6-26-4
Spadea V.
Srichaphan P.
6-36-4
Schalken S.
Vicente F.
6-26-3
Vahaly B.
Gonzalez F.
2-66-36-4
Safin M.
Koubek S.
3-66-37-5
Moya C.
Chang M.
6-06-3
Clement A.
Kratochvil M.
6-23-66-2
Blake J.
Martin T.
6-13-67-5
Chela J.
Nalbandian D.
4-66-47-5
Henman T.
Gambill J.
7-56-2
Calleri A.
Lapentti N.
6-46-3
Mirnyi M.
Ferreira W.
7-656-3
Zabaleta M.
Youzhny M.
7-656-1
Schuettler R.
Arthurs W.
6-47-63
Grosjean S.
Sanchez D.
6-36-2
Malisse X.
Ferrer D.
6-16-0
Lopez F.
Hrbaty D.
6-27-62
Roddick A.
Enqvist T.
6-46-4
Philippoussis M.
Pavel A.
6-36-4
Ginepri R.
Lee H.
7-624-66-4
Novak J.
Beck K.
6-47-5
Coria G.
Sanguinetti D.
6-02-66-0
Kafelnikov Y.
Stepanek R.
4-66-16-1
Hewitt L.
El Aynaoui Y.
4-67-56-2
Kuerten G.
Ivanisevic G.
6-26-4