Marat Safin vs Nikolay Davydenko — Indian Wells Masters Round of 32

Indian Wells Masters · ATP · Round of 32
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 6 March 2006
hard
RUS
Nikolay Davydenko
45 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLLLWLW
Safin M.
7-6 3-6 6-4
Davydenko N.
Safin M.
77362
Davydenko N.
65641

Marat Safin defeated Nikolay Davydenko 7-6 3-6 6-4 in the Indian Wells Masters round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Nikolay Davydenko came in leading the head-to-head 4–3, defending last year's round of 64. Marat Safin narrowed the head-to-head to 4–4.

Key context

  • Match story: Marat Safin closed it out in three sets, 7–6 3–6 6–4.

Head to head

3–4
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2009-10-19MoscowR32hardMarat Safin4-6 6-4 6-2
2008-10-06MoscowQFhardMarat Safin7-6(5) 4-6 6-4
2008-05-25Roland GarrosR64clayNikolay Davydenko7-6(4) 6-2 6-2
2007-05-07Rome MastersR32clayNikolay Davydenko7-6(4) 7-5
2006-10-09MoscowFhardNikolay Davydenko6-4 5-7 6-4
2006-05-01EstorilR16clayNikolay Davydenko4-6 6-1 6-2
2006-02-27DubaiR32hardMarat Safin4-6 6-2 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Safin M.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Davydenko N.

Davydenko N.serving82% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Safin M.

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
Safin M.Davydenko N.
1st serve in·Slight edge
58%
68%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
74%
67%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
49%
Service points won·Even
64%
61%
Return points won·Even
36%
40%
Break points saved·Even
64%
61%
Aces / match·Dominant
8.6
2.7
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.6
3.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (178 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Safin M.Davydenko N.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
53
72
Break points saved·Slight edge
83
91
Break points won·Dominant
47
74
Deciding sets·Slight edge
61
70
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
52
72

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
18°COvercast
Wind 5 km/hHumidity 37%

Draw

Final
Federer R.
Blake J.
7-56-36-0
Semi-finals
Blake J.
Nadal R.
7-56-3
Federer R.
Srichaphan P.
6-26-3
Quarter-finals
Federer R.
Ljubicic I.
6-26-3
Srichaphan P.
Nieminen J.
7-633-67-5
Blake J.
Andreev I.
6-16-4
Nadal R.
Baghdatis M.
7-56-0
R16
Blake J.
Haas T.
6-33-0
Nadal R.
Grosjean S.
6-46-2
Srichaphan P.
Nalbandian D.
6-756-36-2
Nieminen J.
Safin M.
6-46-3
Ljubicic I.
Ancic M.
6-36-4
Baghdatis M.
Berdych T.
6-46-1
Andreev I.
Roddick A.
6-46-756-1
Federer R.
Gasquet R.
6-36-4
R32
Berdych T.
Hewitt L.
7-56-3
Nadal R.
Fish M.
6-16-4
Federer R.
Rochus O.
3-66-27-5
Gasquet R.
Hrbaty D.
6-36-4
Ancic M.
Mathieu P.
7-656-3
Ljubicic I.
Monfils G.
6-36-2
Nalbandian D.
Benneteau J.
6-46-1
Srichaphan P.
Ferrero J.
6-26-2
Nieminen J.
Kohlschreiber P.
6-13-66-3
Safin M.
Davydenko N.
7-653-66-4
Haas T.
Agassi A.
7-56-2
Blake J.
Robredo T.
6-27-5
Andreev I.
Soderling R.
3-67-6146-4
Roddick A.
Verdasco F.
6-36-4
Baghdatis M.
Gaudio G.
6-756-36-2
Grosjean S.
Malisse X.
6-46-7106-2
R64
Rochus O.
Wawrinka S.
7-647-5
Gaudio G.
Saulnier C.
3-66-36-4
Baghdatis M.
Bjorkman J.
6-46-3
Berdych T.
Henman T.
6-46-4
Kohlschreiber P.
Ferrer D.
6-26-2
Haas T.
Clement A.
6-31-66-4
Agassi A.
Goldstein P.
6-44-66-2
Ferrero J.
Spadea V.
6-24-67-64
Hewitt L.
Schuettler R.
7-632-66-4
Malisse X.
Stepanek R.
6-16-1
Grosjean S.
Vliegen K.
6-16-3
Fish M.
Volandri F.
6-36-2
Robredo T.
Carlsen K.
6-16-3
Federer R.
Massu N.
6-37-64
Hrbaty D.
Bracciali D.
7-57-5
Gasquet R.
Kim K.
6-46-3
Mathieu P.
Kiefer N.
7-654-66-2
Ancic M.
Sanguinetti D.
6-37-63
Monfils G.
Morrison J.
6-30-66-3
Ljubicic I.
Tipsarevic J.
6-16-4
Nalbandian D.
Gimelstob J.
6-46-4
Benneteau J.
Chela J.
6-44-66-3
Srichaphan P.
Ginepri R.
7-6106-3
Blake J.
Querrey S.
1-66-16-3
Soderling R.
Gonzalez F.
6-46-0
Andreev I.
Tursunov D.
6-726-16-2
Verdasco F.
Karlovic I.
6-33-67-65
Davydenko N.
Murray A.
6-13-66-3
Roddick A.
Acasuso J.
7-656-0
Safin M.
Moya C.
6-746-36-4
Nadal R.
Hernych J.
6-46-4
Nieminen J.
Mayer F.
6-46-4
R128
Spadea V.
Berlocq C.
6-14-1
Tipsarevic J.
Warburg S.
6-47-64
Morrison J.
Pavel A.
6-757-56-3
Sanguinetti D.
Capdeville P.
6-756-26-3
Mathieu P.
Seppi A.
2-66-46-1
Karlovic I.
Zib T.
7-696-4
Safin M.
Delic A.
6-36-4
Tursunov D.
Behrend T.
6-46-2
Carlsen K.
Muller G.
6-34-66-3
Clement A.
Weiner G.
6-36-2
Querrey S.
Reynolds B.
6-37-5
Kim K.
Youzhny M.
7-56-4
Bracciali D.
Horna L.
6-36-3
Soderling R.
Melzer J.
6-46-4
Wawrinka S.
Rusedski G.
6-26-4
Hernych J.
Vik R.
6-16-4
Massu N.
Calleri A.
6-15-77-610
Murray A.
Mazarakis V.
6-26-1
Goldstein P.
Martin A.
3-66-16-1
Kohlschreiber P.
Serra F.
3-66-46-3
Bjorkman J.
Rochus C.
6-23-66-2
Henman T.
Young D.
6-36-1
Saulnier C.
Mirnyi M.
6-47-65
Schuettler R.
Pashanski B.
7-647-5
Malisse X.
Santoro F.
6-14-66-4
Acasuso J.
Salzenstein J.
6-726-36-1
Vliegen K.
Burgsmuller L.
6-44-66-4
Fish M.
Lapentti G.
5-76-36-3
Mayer F.
Philippoussis M.
6-46-3
Srichaphan P.
Moodie W.
7-626-4
Benneteau J.
Djokovic N.
6-36-4
Gimelstob J.
Lopez F.
7-56-3