Marat Safin vs Kevin Kim — Beijing Quarter-final

Beijing · ATP · Quarter-final
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 13 September 2004
hard
USA
Kevin Kim
47 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLLWLW
Safin M.
6-2 6-4
Kim K.
Safin M.
662
Kim K.
24–

Marat Safin defeated Kevin Kim 6-2 6-4 in the Beijing quarter-final on hard. The result followed the form book — Marat Safin came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Marat Safin extended the head-to-head to 2–0.

Key context

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2006-09-25BangkokR32hardMarat Safin2-6 6-1 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Safin M.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Kim K.

Kim K.serving78% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Safin M.

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
Safin M.Kim K.
1st serve in·Even
58%
58%
1st serve points won·Even
74%
70%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
52%
45%
Service points won·Even
64%
60%
Return points won·Even
37%
36%
Break points saved·Slight edge
64%
55%
Aces / match·Dominant
8.6
4.8
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.6
3.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 121). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Safin M.Kim K.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
53
40
Break points saved·Clear edge
83
64
Break points won·Even
47
48
Deciding sets·Slight edge
61
52
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
52
41

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

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
28°COvercast
Wind 8 km/hHumidity 35%

Draw

Final
Safin M.
Youzhny M.
7-647-5
Semi-finals
Youzhny M.
Srichaphan P.
6-46-4
Safin M.
Nieminen J.
6-26-4
Quarter-finals
Safin M.
Kim K.
6-26-4
Srichaphan P.
Lee H.
6-46-3
Nieminen J.
Nalbandian D.
6-22-66-2
Youzhny M.
Hrbaty D.
6-46-2
R16
Kim K.
Ferrero J.
6-46-4
Hrbaty D.
Sanguinetti D.
6-26-2
Youzhny M.
Schuettler R.
7-646-1
Nieminen J.
Dent T.
6-37-5
Srichaphan P.
Okun N.
6-33-67-66
Lee H.
Tsonga J.
7-676-3
Nalbandian D.
Lu Y.
6-766-46-4
Safin M.
Lu H.
6-26-2
R32
Lee H.
Weiner G.
6-26-4
Okun N.
Parmar A.
6-36-2
Ferrero J.
Gimelstob J.
6-46-1
Tsonga J.
Moya C.
6-36-3
Hrbaty D.
Wang Y.
6-26-2
Youzhny M.
Heuberger I.
7-57-64
Sanguinetti D.
Healey N.
5-77-56-2
Srichaphan P.
Lisnard J.
6-47-5
Lu Y.
Zhu B.
7-56-2
Kim K.
Burgsmuller L.
6-26-2
Safin M.
Bogomolov Jr A.
6-47-5
Lu H.
Amritraj P.
4-66-46-2
Nieminen J.
Garcia Lopez G.
7-56-4
Nalbandian D.
Pless K.
7-653-66-3
Dent T.
Luczak P.
6-36-2
Schuettler R.
Baccanello P.
6-46-3