Michael Llodra vs Marat Safin — St. Petersburg Quarter-final

St. Petersburg · ATP · Quarter-final
FRA
Michael Llodra
46 yrs · 190 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLLLWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 25 October 2004
carpet
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
Llodra M.
6-4 6-1
Safin M.
Llodra M.
662
Safin M.
41–

Michael Llodra defeated Marat Safin 6-4 6-1 in the St. Petersburg quarter-final 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 32. Michael Llodra 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
2002-05-27Roland GarrosR128clayMarat Safin6-4 2-6 7-6(7) 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Llodra M.serving88% hold

wins 68% of points on serve vs Safin M.

Safin M.serving89% hold

wins 69% of points on serve vs Llodra M.

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
Llodra M.Safin M.
1st serve in·Slight edge
63%
58%
1st serve points won·Even
74%
74%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
52%
Service points won·Even
66%
64%
Return points won·Even
34%
37%
Break points saved·Even
63%
64%
Aces / match·Even
8.2
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
Llodra M.Safin M.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
48
53
Break points saved·Slight edge
88
83
Break points won·Clear edge
28
47
Deciding sets·Clear edge
49
61
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
73
52

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

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Youzhny M.
Beck K.
6-26-2
Semi-finals
Beck K.
Llodra M.
6-42-66-1
Youzhny M.
Rusedski G.
3-66-36-4
Quarter-finals
Rusedski G.
Karlovic I.
6-47-67
Youzhny M.
Benneteau J.
6-06-1
Llodra M.
Safin M.
6-46-1
Beck K.
Saulnier C.
6-37-63
R16
Safin M.
Sargsian S.
6-46-2
Beck K.
Davydenko N.
6-16-746-4
Rusedski G.
Stepanek R.
7-614-66-4
Karlovic I.
Corretja A.
7-636-757-68
Llodra M.
Kohlmann M.
7-636-3
Saulnier C.
Fish M.
6-766-46-3
Benneteau J.
Muller G.
6-47-5
Youzhny M.
Mirnyi M.
7-53-66-2
R32
Mirnyi M.
Mello R.
7-677-62
Beck K.
Vanek J.
6-36-2
Muller G.
Andreev I.
4-66-17-5
Benneteau J.
Clement A.
6-41-66-4
Youzhny M.
Ram A.
2-67-637-64
Rusedski G.
Rosset M.
6-46-3
Corretja A.
Mathieu P.
6-46-2
Karlovic I.
Hrbaty D.
7-655-76-4
Safin M.
Peya A.
7-653-1
Fish M.
Hernych J.
6-26-4
Llodra M.
Elgin M.
6-26-2
Kohlmann M.
Carraz G.
4-66-36-4
Sargsian S.
Labadze I.
4-66-16-2
Stepanek R.
Ferrer D.
6-36-2
Saulnier C.
Martin A.
6-06-1
Davydenko N.
Kunitsyn I.
6-46-756-4