Nicolas Kiefer vs Marat Safin — Dubai Round of 32

Dubai · ATP · Round of 32
GER
Nicolas Kiefer
49 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLWLLWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 21 February 2005
hard
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
Kiefer N.
7-6 6-4
Safin M.
Kiefer N.
7762
Safin M.
624–

Nicolas Kiefer defeated Marat Safin 7-6 6-4 in the Dubai round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Marat Safin came in defending last year's round of 32. Nicolas Kiefer extended the head-to-head to 4–3.

Key context

Head to head

3–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2007-08-13Cincinnati MastersR64hardNicolas Kiefer6-3 7-6(1)
2004-07-26Canada MastersR64hardNicolas Kiefer6-7(3) 6-4 7-6(2)
2002-08-26US OpenR128hardMarat Safin6-3 4-6 4-6 6-4 7-6(4)
2002-05-20DusseldorfRRclayNicolas Kiefer6-4 2-6 7-6(5)
2000-08-28US OpenQFhardMarat Safin7-5 4-6 7-6(5) 6-3
1999-04-02Davis Cup WG R1: GER vs RUSRRcarpetMarat Safin7-6(9) 6-4 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Kiefer N.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Safin M.

Safin M.serving82% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Kiefer N.

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
Kiefer N.Safin M.
1st serve in·Slight edge
53%
58%
1st serve points won·Even
75%
74%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
52%
Service points won·Even
64%
64%
Return points won·Even
39%
37%
Break points saved·Even
60%
64%
Aces / match·Slight edge
7.4
8.6
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.3
2.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (174 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Kiefer N.Safin M.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
59
53
Break points saved·Even
81
83
Break points won·Slight edge
58
47
Deciding sets·Even
61
61
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
68
52

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Weather
27°CClear
Wind 14 km/hHumidity 29%

Draw

Final
Federer R.
Ljubicic I.
6-16-766-3
Semi-finals
Federer R.
Agassi A.
6-36-1
Ljubicic I.
Robredo T.
6-46-3
Quarter-finals
Ljubicic I.
Henman T.
7-56-4
Federer R.
Youzhny M.
6-37-5
Robredo T.
Kiefer N.
6-46-4
Agassi A.
Davydenko N.
6-47-64
R16
Ljubicic I.
Verdasco F.
6-746-47-68
Kiefer N.
Lee H.
2-66-16-3
Robredo T.
Berdych T.
6-26-4
Henman T.
Andreev I.
7-656-1
Davydenko N.
Hrbaty D.
7-56-3
Agassi A.
Lopez F.
6-16-3
Youzhny M.
Schuettler R.
7-56-4
Federer R.
Ferrero J.
4-66-37-66
R32
Lopez F.
Srichaphan P.
6-23-66-3
Hrbaty D.
Awadhy O.
6-06-4
Federer R.
Minar I.
6-756-37-65
Ferrero J.
Mayer F.
6-36-4
Schuettler R.
El Aynaoui Y.
6-06-1
Kiefer N.
Safin M.
7-626-4
Lee H.
Soderling R.
7-56-4
Robredo T.
Rochus O.
7-657-66
Berdych T.
Beck K.
6-47-64
Andreev I.
Chiudinelli M.
6-37-5
Henman T.
Rusedski G.
4-67-676-4
Verdasco F.
Voltchkov V.
6-26-2
Youzhny M.
Johansson T.
7-636-1
Agassi A.
Stepanek R.
6-47-5
Davydenko N.
Santoro F.
6-36-0
Ljubicic I.
Lisnard J.
6-16-1