Fernando Vicente vs Marat Safin — St. Petersburg Round of 32

St. Petersburg · ATP · Round of 32
ESP
Fernando Vicente
49 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 20 October 2003
carpet
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
Vicente F.
6-7 6-4 6-3
Safin M.
Vicente F.
62662
Safin M.
77431

Fernando Vicente defeated Marat Safin 6-7 6-4 6-3 in the St. Petersburg round of 32 on carpet. The upset overturned the form book — Marat Safin came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's round of 16. Fernando Vicente claimed a first win over Marat Safin in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2007-05-28Roland GarrosR128clayMarat Safin6-1 6-3 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Vicente F.serving74% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Safin M.

Safin M.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Vicente F.

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
Vicente F.Safin M.
1st serve in·Even
60%
58%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
65%
74%
2nd serve points won·Even
48%
52%
Service points won·Slight edge
58%
64%
Return points won·Even
36%
37%
Break points saved·Slight edge
58%
64%
Aces / match·Dominant
3.8
8.6
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.1
2.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (91 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Kuerten G.
Sargsian S.
6-46-3
Semi-finals
Kuerten G.
Corretja A.
6-46-3
Sargsian S.
Schuettler R.
6-36-3
Quarter-finals
Corretja A.
Grosjean S.
4-66-27-65
Schuettler R.
Youzhny M.
6-36-3
Sargsian S.
Burgsmuller L.
6-36-1
Kuerten G.
Spadea V.
6-47-64
R16
Kuerten G.
Hanescu V.
7-617-61
Youzhny M.
Kafelnikov Y.
6-26-2
Grosjean S.
Dupuis A.
6-26-2
Schuettler R.
Voltchkov V.
6-26-3
Burgsmuller L.
Vicente F.
6-46-4
Spadea V.
Hrbaty D.
6-44-67-5
Corretja A.
Gaudio G.
6-36-1
Sargsian S.
Andreev I.
6-36-2
R32
Voltchkov V.
Davletshin V.
7-636-3
Schuettler R.
Lisnard J.
7-656-1
Spadea V.
Davydenko N.
4-66-16-2
Vicente F.
Safin M.
6-726-46-3
Burgsmuller L.
Ram A.
2-67-666-1
Sargsian S.
Stepanek R.
6-36-2
Andreev I.
Mirnyi M.
6-47-61
Youzhny M.
Pavel A.
6-737-616-1
Kafelnikov Y.
Kiefer N.
2-66-36-4
Corretja A.
Vacek J.
6-46-1
Grosjean S.
Koubek S.
6-746-37-5
Dupuis A.
Sanchez D.
6-26-3
Gaudio G.
Martin A.
6-747-656-2
Kuerten G.
Vahaly B.
7-656-4
Hanescu V.
Cermak F.
7-57-5
Hrbaty D.
Ferrer D.
7-56-2