Nicolas Massu vs Marat Safin — Rome Masters Round of 16

Rome Masters · ATP · Round of 16
CHI
Nicolas Massu
46 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 3 May 2004
clay
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
Massu N.
7-5 6-4
Safin M.
Massu N.
762
Safin M.
54–

Nicolas Massu defeated Marat Safin 7-5 6-4 in the Rome Masters round of 16 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Marat Safin came in leading the head-to-head 4–0. Nicolas Massu claimed a first win over Marat Safin in five meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 4–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–4
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2009-03-12Indian Wells MastersR64hardMarat Safin6-3 7-6(2)
2007-05-14Hamburg MastersR64clayMarat Safin7-6(7) 6-4
2007-02-09Davis Cup WG R1: CHI vs RUSRRclayMarat Safin6-3 6-2 6-2
2000-05-21DusseldorfRRclayMarat Safin7-6(7) 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Massu N.serving74% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Safin M.

Safin M.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Massu N.

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
Massu N.Safin M.
1st serve in·Even
60%
58%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
69%
74%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
52%
Service points won·Even
61%
64%
Return points won·Even
37%
37%
Break points saved·Even
63%
64%
Aces / match·Dominant
4.3
8.6
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.0
2.6

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Massu N.Safin M.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
47
53
Break points saved·Even
80
83
Break points won·Even
47
47
Deciding sets·Clear edge
46
61
Tiebreaks·Even
56
52

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

Conditions

Court speed
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast
Weather
22°COvercast
Wind 12 km/hHumidity 47%

Draw

Final
Moya C.
Nalbandian D.
6-36-36-1
Semi-finals
Nalbandian D.
Costa A.
6-746-16-4
Moya C.
Zabaleta M.
6-36-4
Quarter-finals
Costa A.
Novak J.
6-46-2
Moya C.
Pavel A.
6-16-2
Zabaleta M.
Massu N.
6-17-5
Nalbandian D.
Spadea V.
6-46-3
R16
Pavel A.
Sanchez D.
7-637-65
Zabaleta M.
Henman T.
3-66-36-2
Costa A.
Horna L.
6-26-3
Nalbandian D.
Volandri F.
7-643-66-4
Novak J.
Ferrer D.
6-37-5
Spadea V.
Davydenko N.
4-66-36-4
Moya C.
Karlovic I.
6-43-66-4
Massu N.
Safin M.
7-56-4
R32
Moya C.
Ljubicic I.
6-26-4
Ferrer D.
Grosjean S.
6-746-36-2
Nalbandian D.
Saretta F.
6-26-4
Safin M.
Srichaphan P.
6-26-2
Sanchez D.
Canas G.
7-56-2
Henman T.
Stepanek R.
6-16-1
Massu N.
Labadze I.
6-27-5
Pavel A.
Hewitt L.
4-66-36-4
Horna L.
Verkerk M.
6-43-66-3
Costa A.
Federer R.
3-66-36-2
Novak J.
Mirnyi M.
6-16-1
Zabaleta M.
Mantilla F.
7-56-3
Spadea V.
Arazi H.
2-66-26-4
Davydenko N.
Gonzalez F.
2-66-26-4
Volandri F.
Schalken S.
6-26-3
Karlovic I.
Robredo T.
7-656-4
R64
Mirnyi M.
Koubek S.
6-26-4
Verkerk M.
Martin T.
7-53-66-3
Arazi H.
Ramirez Hidalgo R.
6-16-4
Novak J.
Blake J.
2-66-36-1
Hewitt L.
Seppi A.
5-77-56-3
Robredo T.
Philippoussis M.
6-24-66-4
Federer R.
Bjorkman J.
7-646-3
Karlovic I.
Haas T.
7-54-67-65
Ljubicic I.
Clement A.
6-32-67-63
Moya C.
Martin A.
6-46-2
Stepanek R.
Ivanisevic G.
6-26-4
Mantilla F.
Ginepri R.
5-77-56-0
Zabaleta M.
Chela J.
6-46-2
Srichaphan P.
Di Mauro A.
7-633-66-3
Safin M.
Pescosolido S.
6-46-3
Labadze I.
Gaudio G.
6-36-2
Massu N.
Dellacqua M.
6-797-56-3
Volandri F.
Kiefer N.
6-40-66-0
Costa A.
Corretja A.
7-656-1
Schalken S.
Arthurs W.
6-34-66-1
Gonzalez F.
Hrbaty D.
6-46-4
Davydenko N.
Sargsian S.
6-26-2
Spadea V.
Schuettler R.
6-22-67-5
Ferrer D.
Sanguinetti D.
6-32-66-3
Horna L.
Youzhny M.
6-04-67-66
Grosjean S.
Lopez F.
7-56-2
Pavel A.
Lapentti N.
6-46-3
Canas G.
Roddick A.
7-676-1
Sanchez D.
Andreev I.
6-26-3
Henman T.
Mayer F.
7-56-1
Nalbandian D.
Soderling R.
6-46-4
Saretta F.
Ancic M.
6-43-67-66