Taylor Dent vs Marat Safin — Indian Wells Masters Round of 32

Indian Wells Masters · ATP · Round of 32
USA
Taylor Dent
45 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWLWLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 7 March 2005
hard
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
Dent T.
7-5 6-4
Safin M.
Dent T.
762
Safin M.
54–

Taylor Dent defeated Marat Safin 7-5 6-4 in the Indian Wells Masters round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Marat Safin came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's round of 32. Taylor Dent 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
1998-08-31US OpenR64hardMarat Safin6-3 6-1 7-6(2)

Serve vs return

This season
Dent T.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Safin M.

Safin M.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Dent T.

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
Dent T.Safin M.
1st serve in·Even
57%
58%
1st serve points won·Even
77%
74%
2nd serve points won·Even
48%
52%
Service points won·Even
64%
64%
Return points won·Even
36%
37%
Break points saved·Even
61%
64%
Aces / match·Even
8.0
8.6
Double faults / match·Dominant
6.2
2.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (118 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Dent T.Safin M.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
46
53
Break points saved·Slight edge
76
83
Break points won·Even
48
47
Deciding sets·Clear edge
43
61
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
62
52

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
23°CMainly clear
Wind 4 km/hHumidity 33%

Draw

Final
Federer R.
Hewitt L.
6-26-46-4
Semi-finals
Hewitt L.
Roddick A.
7-626-737-64
Federer R.
Canas G.
6-36-1
Quarter-finals
Roddick A.
Moya C.
6-746-46-1
Federer R.
Kiefer N.
6-46-1
Hewitt L.
Agassi A.
W/O
Canas G.
Henman T.
7-617-5
R16
Federer R.
Ljubicic I.
7-637-64
Hewitt L.
Mathieu P.
6-16-0
Canas G.
Dent T.
6-3
Henman T.
Robredo T.
6-42-66-2
Moya C.
Santoro F.
7-56-2
Agassi A.
Coria G.
6-46-1
Kiefer N.
Nalbandian D.
6-16-3
Roddick A.
Gonzalez F.
6-46-3
R32
Nalbandian D.
Bjorkman J.
6-13-66-1
Ljubicic I.
Berdych T.
6-46-1
Kiefer N.
Gaudio G.
6-36-1
Santoro F.
Lopez F.
6-46-2
Agassi A.
Pavel A.
6-36-4
Mathieu P.
Hernych J.
6-44-67-66
Dent T.
Safin M.
7-56-4
Canas G.
Chela J.
7-52-66-4
Robredo T.
Enqvist T.
4-66-27-64
Henman T.
Melzer J.
7-56-4
Moya C.
Ferrer D.
6-36-4
Gonzalez F.
Blake J.
6-40-66-3
Roddick A.
Novak J.
6-16-2
Coria G.
Srichaphan P.
6-46-2
Hewitt L.
Llodra M.
6-27-63
Federer R.
Muller G.
6-36-2
R64
Ljubicic I.
Zib T.
6-36-2
Nalbandian D.
Monaco J.
6-26-1
Bjorkman J.
Johansson T.
4-66-37-60
Kiefer N.
Sargsian S.
6-06-0
Dent T.
Saulnier C.
1-67-616-2
Chela J.
Schuettler R.
6-746-46-1
Canas G.
Carlsen K.
6-46-3
Robredo T.
Monfils G.
6-36-1
Moya C.
Ferrero J.
6-36-4
Ferrer D.
Grosjean S.
6-23-66-1
Gonzalez F.
Rusedski G.
7-647-65
Blake J.
Davydenko N.
6-37-66
Novak J.
Rochus O.
6-36-4
Coria G.
Kim K.
7-627-63
Roddick A.
Verdasco F.
6-33-67-62
Pavel A.
Carraz G.
6-757-666-2
Muller G.
Stepanek R.
6-33-66-0
Berdych T.
Ancic M.
7-53-66-2
Gaudio G.
Mirnyi M.
6-756-37-64
Safin M.
Nieminen J.
4-66-17-5
Enqvist T.
Youzhny M.
6-46-1
Melzer J.
Goldstein P.
7-633-66-3
Henman T.
Clement A.
4-66-46-3
Lopez F.
Karlovic I.
6-746-46-4
Santoro F.
Johansson J.
4-66-27-66
Srichaphan P.
Calleri A.
7-56-4
Agassi A.
Arthurs W.
6-46-1
Mathieu P.
Haas T.
7-636-3
Hernych J.
Spadea V.
6-21-67-66
Llodra M.
Hrbaty D.
4-66-16-2
Hewitt L.
Ginepri R.
6-27-62
Federer R.
Fish M.
6-36-3
R128
Carraz G.
Philippoussis M.
7-676-1
Arthurs W.
Starace P.
6-46-3
Llodra M.
Sanguinetti D.
6-36-2
Ginepri R.
Acasuso J.
7-57-65
Berdych T.
Arazi H.
6-16-1
Zib T.
Volandri F.
6-16-4
Bjorkman J.
Labadze I.
6-17-64
Schuettler R.
Kuznetsov A.
6-46-3
Fish M.
Gambill J.
6-26-2
Monfils G.
Morrison J.
7-56-4
Karlovic I.
Benneteau J.
7-626-4
Santoro F.
Mello R.
6-26-3
Blake J.
Martin A.
6-26-3
Rusedski G.
Salzenstein J.
3-67-56-3
Ferrero J.
Andreev I.
6-36-3
Rochus O.
Zabaleta M.
7-56-4
Verdasco F.
Odesnik W.
7-606-4
Kim K.
Lapentti G.
7-56-1
Calleri A.
Tursunov D.
6-23-66-3
Mathieu P.
Calatrava A.
6-33-66-1
Hernych J.
Delgado R.
6-26-4
Carlsen K.
Mayer F.
7-56-3
Muller G.
Lisnard J.
6-47-5
Monaco J.
Dupuis A.
6-26-2
Sargsian S.
Reynolds B.
6-36-2
Mirnyi M.
Malisse X.
6-34-67-64
Nieminen J.
Horna L.
6-07-61
Saulnier C.
Hanescu V.
6-26-2
Enqvist T.
Beck K.
6-07-5
Goldstein P.
Lee H.
6-17-61
Clement A.
Young D.
6-36-2
Ferrer D.
Vahaly B.
6-46-3