Marat Safin vs Jiri Novak — Cincinnati Masters Round of 64

Cincinnati Masters · ATP · Round of 64
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 2 August 2004
hard
CZE
Jiri Novak
51 yrs · 190 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLWWWLWW
Safin M.
6-3 6-0
Novak J.
Safin M.
662
Novak J.
30–

Marat Safin defeated Jiri Novak 6-3 6-0 in the Cincinnati Masters round of 64 on hard. The result followed the form book — Marat Safin came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. Marat Safin extended the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

Head to head

2–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2005-05-02Rome MastersR64clayMarat Safin6-7(3) 6-1 6-1
1999-08-30US OpenR64hardJiri Novak6-2 5-7 6-4 3-6 6-2
1998-04-13BarcelonaR32clayMarat Safin4-6 6-3 7-6(4)

Serve vs return

This season
Safin M.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Novak J.

Novak J.serving82% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Safin M.

Even serve battle

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.Novak J.
1st serve in·Slight edge
58%
65%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
74%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
50%
Service points won·Even
64%
62%
Return points won·Even
37%
40%
Break points saved·Slight edge
64%
59%
Aces / match·Dominant
8.6
4.7
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.6
1.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 128). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Weather
27°CClear
Wind 4 km/hHumidity 55%

Draw

Final
Agassi A.
Hewitt L.
6-33-66-2
Semi-finals
Agassi A.
Roddick A.
7-56-727-62
Hewitt L.
Robredo T.
6-36-2
Quarter-finals
Agassi A.
Moya C.
7-6126-3
Hewitt L.
Safin M.
6-46-4
Roddick A.
Haas T.
6-36-3
Robredo T.
Santoro F.
6-26-3
R16
Robredo T.
Rusedski G.
7-647-62
Hewitt L.
Henman T.
6-16-4
Agassi A.
Chela J.
6-36-3
Safin M.
Karlovic I.
7-646-736-4
Moya C.
Arthurs W.
7-654-67-65
Haas T.
Soderling R.
6-35-76-4
Roddick A.
Srichaphan P.
6-26-3
Santoro F.
Bjorkman J.
6-06-3
R32
Chela J.
Gonzalez F.
2-66-36-2
Henman T.
Arazi H.
4-66-37-5
Hewitt L.
Kuerten G.
6-36-4
Robredo T.
Ferrero J.
7-654-66-4
Moya C.
Ljubicic I.
6-44-66-4
Roddick A.
Kiefer N.
6-46-4
Srichaphan P.
Schalken S.
6-36-4
Safin M.
Morrison J.
6-46-4
Karlovic I.
Lopez F.
7-696-4
Rusedski G.
Gaudio G.
4-67-636-4
Agassi A.
Johansson T.
6-13-66-1
Santoro F.
Youzhny M.
7-56-3
Arthurs W.
Zabaleta M.
6-27-66
Bjorkman J.
Hrbaty D.
6-766-36-3
Haas T.
Sargsian S.
6-36-3
Soderling R.
Horna L.
6-26-3
R64
Horna L.
Verdasco F.
7-647-63
Santoro F.
Ginepri R.
6-37-66
Bjorkman J.
Labadze I.
2-66-26-1
Sargsian S.
Kratochvil M.
2-66-27-5
Haas T.
Schuettler R.
6-31-66-4
Johansson T.
Carraz G.
7-637-63
Arazi H.
Spadea V.
6-737-55-3
Agassi A.
Fish M.
4-67-634-1
Karlovic I.
Moodie W.
6-727-677-69
Safin M.
Novak J.
6-36-0
Morrison J.
Melzer J.
7-636-2
Lopez F.
Reid T.
6-46-4
Robredo T.
Dent T.
7-646-3
Ferrero J.
Clement A.
6-46-4
Chela J.
Nadal R.
6-44-67-63
Gaudio G.
Gambill J.
6-46-2
Youzhny M.
Massu N.
6-33-66-3
Hrbaty D.
Federer R.
1-67-676-4
Roddick A.
Mirnyi M.
6-757-656-3
Kiefer N.
Johansson J.
6-37-62
Schalken S.
Norman D.
6-46-3
Srichaphan P.
Ferrer D.
6-35-76-3
Soderling R.
Grosjean S.
3-66-36-4
Moya C.
Parmar A.
3-67-56-2
Ljubicic I.
Malisse X.
4-67-657-65
Zabaleta M.
Llodra M.
6-47-61
Arthurs W.
Pavel A.
7-656-3
Gonzalez F.
Tursunov D.
6-46-4
Rusedski G.
Enqvist T.
3-66-36-2
Henman T.
El Aynaoui Y.
6-16-0
Kuerten G.
Lu Y.
6-43-66-3
Hewitt L.
Bogomolov Jr A.
6-26-4