Marat Safin vs Gaston Gaudio — Valencia Quarter-final

Valencia · ATP · Quarter-final
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 10 April 2006
hard
ARG
Gaston Gaudio
47 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWLLLL
Safin M.
6-4 6-4
Gaudio G.
Safin M.
662
Gaudio G.
44–

Marat Safin defeated Gaston Gaudio 6-4 6-4 in the Valencia quarter-final on hard. The result followed the form book — Marat Safin came in leading the head-to-head 3–2. Marat Safin extended the head-to-head to 4–2.

Key context

  • Match story: Marat Safin edged a tight contest from start to finish — 6–4 6–4.

Head to head

3–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2003-04-21BarcelonaQFclayMarat Safin6-4 4-6 7-5
2001-05-14Hamburg MastersR32clayGaston Gaudio6-0 7-6(0)
2000-04-24BarcelonaR16clayMarat Safin6-4 4-6 6-4
2000-04-17Monte Carlo MastersR64clayGaston Gaudio7-6(5) 6-0
1999-08-02AmsterdamR16clayMarat Safin6-4 7-6(4)

Serve vs return

This season
Safin M.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Gaudio G.

Gaudio G.serving76% hold

wins 61% 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.Gaudio G.
1st serve in·Slight edge
58%
63%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
73%
65%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
52%
47%
Service points won·Slight edge
64%
58%
Return points won·Even
36%
40%
Break points saved·Slight edge
64%
55%
Aces / match·Dominant
8.6
2.3
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.6
4.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (178 vs 74). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Safin M.Gaudio G.
Clutch Rating·Even
53
49
Break points saved·Slight edge
83
72
Break points won·Even
47
51
Deciding sets·Even
61
58
Tiebreaks·Even
52
54

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Almagro N.
Simon G.
6-26-3
Semi-finals
Simon G.
Verdasco F.
6-27-65
Almagro N.
Safin M.
6-22-66-4
Quarter-finals
Almagro N.
Volandri F.
6-46-1
Safin M.
Gaudio G.
6-46-4
Simon G.
Seppi A.
7-627-64
Verdasco F.
Garcia Lopez G.
6-726-46-3
R16
Seppi A.
Ascione T.
1-66-16-2
Volandri F.
Zib T.
6-46-4
Simon G.
Sanguinetti D.
3-67-56-3
Safin M.
Pashanski B.
6-26-2
Gaudio G.
Mayer F.
6-46-2
Almagro N.
Phau B.
6-26-1
Garcia Lopez G.
Hernych J.
6-26-4
Verdasco F.
Starace P.
6-37-64
R32
Ascione T.
Ferrer D.
7-61
Gaudio G.
Sluiter R.
7-667-63
Sanguinetti D.
Gabashvili T.
6-746-46-3
Seppi A.
Ramirez Hidalgo R.
6-26-2
Hernych J.
Davydenko N.
7-57-5
Garcia Lopez G.
Lopez F.
6-36-3
Starace P.
Dlouhy L.
6-36-3
Verdasco F.
Martin A.
6-36-4
Simon G.
Vik R.
6-36-2
Volandri F.
Portas A.
6-06-1
Zib T.
Pavel A.
7-56-3
Phau B.
Fraile G.
7-616-746-2
Almagro N.
Ferrero J.
6-736-46-4
Safin M.
Andreev I.
7-666-4
Pashanski B.
Costa A.
3-66-36-4
Mayer F.
Burniol G.
6-06-3