Wayne Black vs Marat Safin — Moscow Round of 32

Moscow · ATP · Round of 32
ZIM
Wayne Black
52 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WWLWWLWLWL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 29 September 2003
hard
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
Black W.
6-4 6-7 6-4
Safin M.
Black W.
66562
Safin M.
47741

Wayne Black defeated Marat Safin 6-4 6-7 6-4 in the Moscow round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Marat Safin came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's semi-final, but Wayne Black had been the form player, winning 4 of their last 6 on hard. Wayne Black claimed a first win over Marat Safin in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Wayne Black edged a tight contest from start to finish — 6–4 6–7 6–4.

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
1998-02-23PhiladelphiaR32hardMarat Safin6-1 2-6 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Black W.serving75% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Safin M.

Safin M.serving87% hold

wins 68% of points on serve vs Black W.

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
Black W.Safin M.
1st serve in·Even
58%
58%
1st serve points won·Clear edge
60%
74%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
52%
Service points won·Slight edge
56%
64%
Return points won·Even
34%
37%
Break points saved·Dominant
38%
64%
Aces / match·Dominant
1.0
8.6
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.3
2.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (4 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Dent T.
Sargsian S.
7-656-4
Semi-finals
Dent T.
Mathieu P.
6-32-67-61
Sargsian S.
Spadea V.
6-26-2
Quarter-finals
Spadea V.
Koubek S.
2-67-626-3
Mathieu P.
Andreev I.
2-66-37-5
Dent T.
Rosset M.
6-36-4
Sargsian S.
Calleri A.
6-36-4
R16
Mathieu P.
Ketola T.
6-26-4
Andreev I.
Ljubicic I.
6-47-67
Dent T.
Rochus O.
6-42-66-4
Rosset M.
Kucera K.
7-57-66
Koubek S.
Mirnyi M.
6-34-67-68
Spadea V.
Black W.
5-77-56-3
Sargsian S.
Kafelnikov Y.
6-42-66-4
Calleri A.
Labadze I.
6-43-66-1
R32
Mathieu P.
Lopez F.
6-16-4
Ljubicic I.
Zib T.
6-26-4
Andreev I.
Schalken S.
6-36-1
Kucera K.
Massu N.
6-746-26-2
Mirnyi M.
Davydenko N.
6-34-66-3
Koubek S.
Youzhny M.
7-646-0
Spadea V.
Stoliarov A.
1-66-46-4
Black W.
Safin M.
6-46-756-4
Kafelnikov Y.
Kunitsyn I.
6-07-611
Calleri A.
Golovanov D.
6-26-2
Rosset M.
Prinosil D.
6-16-1
Rochus O.
Bjorkman J.
6-46-4
Ketola T.
Chela J.
6-46-757-5
Dent T.
Mantilla F.
6-26-0
Sargsian S.
Volandri F.
6-16-2
Labadze I.
Nieminen J.
3-66-46-2