Feliciano Lopez vs Marat Safin — Athens Olympics Round of 32

Athens Olympics · ATP · Round of 32
ESP
Feliciano Lopez
44 yrs · 188 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLLLLLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 16 August 2004
hard
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
Lopez F.
7-6 6-3
Safin M.
Lopez F.
7762
Safin M.
643–

Feliciano Lopez defeated Marat Safin 7-6 6-3 in the Athens Olympics round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Feliciano Lopez came in leading the head-to-head 3–2. Feliciano Lopez extended the head-to-head to 4–2.

Key context

Head to head

3–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2008-06-23WimbledonQFgrassMarat Safin3-6 7-5 7-6(1) 6-3
2007-03-19Miami MastersR64hardFeliciano Lopez7-5 7-6(2)
2005-06-20WimbledonR32grassFeliciano Lopez6-4 7-6(4) 6-3
2004-10-18Madrid MastersR32clayMarat Safin7-5 6-7(5) 6-3
2002-09-23Hong KongR16hardFeliciano Lopez7-6(2) 7-5

Serve vs return

This season
Lopez F.serving88% hold

wins 68% of points on serve vs Safin M.

Safin M.serving91% hold

wins 71% of points on serve vs Lopez F.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

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
Lopez F.Safin M.
1st serve in·Even
57%
58%
1st serve points won·Even
78%
74%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
52%
Service points won·Even
66%
64%
Return points won·Slight edge
32%
37%
Break points saved·Even
65%
64%
Aces / match·Dominant
11.7
8.6
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.2
2.6

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Lopez F.Safin M.
Clutch Rating·Even
51
53
Break points saved·Clear edge
98
83
Break points won·Dominant
2
47
Deciding sets·Even
65
61
Tiebreaks·Dominant
79
52

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

Draw

Final
Massu N.
Fish M.
6-33-62-66-36-4
Bronze
Gonzalez F.
Dent T.
6-42-616-14
Semi-finals
Massu N.
Dent T.
7-656-1
Fish M.
Gonzalez F.
3-66-36-4
Quarter-finals
Gonzalez F.
Grosjean S.
6-22-66-4
Fish M.
Youzhny M.
6-36-4
Massu N.
Moya C.
6-27-5
Dent T.
Berdych T.
6-46-1
R16
Massu N.
Andreev I.
6-36-746-4
Moya C.
Karlovic I.
4-67-636-4
Dent T.
Ljubicic I.
6-46-4
Berdych T.
Robredo T.
7-624-68-6
Youzhny M.
Kiefer N.
6-23-66-2
Grosjean S.
Lopez F.
6-746-46-0
Gonzalez F.
Roddick A.
6-46-4
Fish M.
Mirnyi M.
6-34-66-1
R32
Lopez F.
Safin M.
7-646-3
Youzhny M.
Novak J.
6-46-3
Ljubicic I.
Johansson J.
7-636-4
Andreev I.
Calleri A.
W/O
Fish M.
Ferrero J.
4-67-656-4
Mirnyi M.
Nieminen J.
6-36-4
Kiefer N.
Baghdatis M.
6-23-66-3
Roddick A.
Haas T.
4-66-39-7
Gonzalez F.
Lee H.
7-56-2
Dent T.
Hrbaty D.
7-646-3
Moya C.
Rochus O.
6-07-63
Karlovic I.
Clement A.
7-644-66-4
Massu N.
Spadea V.
7-636-2
Grosjean S.
Arthurs W.
7-626-3
Berdych T.
Federer R.
4-67-57-5
Robredo T.
Santoro F.
1-66-36-4
R64
Youzhny M.
Malisse X.
6-26-2
Roddick A.
Saretta F.
6-37-64
Massu N.
Kuerten G.
6-35-76-4
Spadea V.
Melzer J.
6-06-1
Fish M.
Bjorkman J.
7-671-0
Nieminen J.
Lu Y.
6-36-3
Mirnyi M.
Chela J.
3-67-606-4
Kiefer N.
Voltchkov V.
6-26-4
Novak J.
Henman T.
6-36-3
Grosjean S.
Horna L.
6-27-5
Arthurs W.
Hanescu V.
6-47-64
Lopez F.
Soderling R.
6-33-66-4
Safin M.
Kucera K.
6-06-4
Federer R.
Davydenko N.
6-35-76-1
Berdych T.
Mayer F.
6-37-5
Santoro F.
Volandri F.
6-26-1
Robredo T.
Ouahab L.
6-36-4
Johansson J.
Srichaphan P.
6-26-3
Ljubicic I.
Sargsian S.
6-36-4
Hrbaty D.
El Aynaoui Y.
6-36-4
Dent T.
Niemeyer F.
6-23-66-4
Moya C.
Enqvist T.
7-676-789-7
Rochus O.
Philippoussis M.
3-66-06-1
Clement A.
Lapentti N.
7-656-2
Karlovic I.
Pavel A.
6-46-7106-2
Gonzalez F.
Economidis K.
7-666-2
Baghdatis M.
Carraz G.
5-77-657-5
Ferrero J.
Arazi H.
6-36-1
Andreev I.
Schuettler R.
6-757-626-2
Calleri A.
Beck K.
2-66-38-6
Lee H.
Zabaleta M.
4-66-36-2
Haas T.
Ancic M.
6-17-5