Marat Safin vs James Blake — Washington Round of 16

Washington · ATP · Round of 16
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 31 July 2006
hard
USA
James Blake
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWLLWWL
Safin M.
7-6 7-6
Blake J.
Safin M.
78772
Blake J.
6665–

Marat Safin defeated James Blake 7-6 7-6 in the Washington round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — James Blake came in leading the head-to-head 2–1, defending last year's final, but Marat Safin had been the form player, winning 3 of their last 6 on hard. Marat Safin narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2006-09-25BangkokSFhardJames Blake3-6 6-4 7-6(3)
2006-09-22Davis Cup WG SF: RUS vs USARRclayJames Blake7-5 7-6(4)
2004-01-19Australian OpenR16hardMarat Safin7-6(3) 6-3 6-7(6) 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Safin M.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Blake J.

Blake J.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Safin 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
Safin M.Blake J.
1st serve in·Even
58%
57%
1st serve points won·Even
73%
73%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
51%
Service points won·Even
64%
64%
Return points won·Even
36%
36%
Break points saved·Even
64%
61%
Aces / match·Clear edge
8.6
6.0
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.Blake J.
Clutch Rating·Even
53
54
Break points saved·Slight edge
83
88
Break points won·Even
47
51
Deciding sets·Slight edge
61
54
Tiebreaks·Even
52
55

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

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Weather
34°CPartly cloudy
Wind 7 km/hHumidity 47%

Draw

Final
Clement A.
Murray A.
7-636-2
Semi-finals
Clement A.
Safin M.
7-657-64
Murray A.
Tursunov D.
6-27-5
Quarter-finals
Safin M.
Moodie W.
7-657-69
Clement A.
Hewitt L.
7-616-4
Murray A.
Fish M.
6-26-4
Tursunov D.
Henman T.
6-36-2
R16
Safin M.
Blake J.
7-667-65
Tursunov D.
Lee H.
6-7107-56-3
Henman T.
Gambill J.
6-16-3
Fish M.
Stoppini A.
6-36-1
Murray A.
Lopez F.
7-56-2
Clement A.
Hrbaty D.
6-36-2
Hewitt L.
Gremelmayr D.
6-16-4
Moodie W.
Carlsen K.
6-36-757-66
R32
Tursunov D.
Massa E.
3-66-13-3
Fish M.
Zib T.
6-46-4
Carlsen K.
Srichaphan P.
4-67-666-3
Stoppini A.
Agassi A.
6-46-3
Blake J.
Kim K.
7-53-66-2
Safin M.
Mahut N.
6-35-76-4
Moodie W.
Grosjean S.
6-43-66-3
Hewitt L.
Spadea V.
6-737-656-4
Gremelmayr D.
Phau B.
6-46-3
Clement A.
Sweeting R.
6-26-1
Hrbaty D.
Muller G.
4-66-46-3
Murray A.
Delgado R.
6-46-3
Lopez F.
Gabashvili T.
6-46-4
Gambill J.
Tipsarevic J.
2-66-36-0
Henman T.
King P.
6-736-37-5
Lee H.
Benneteau J.
6-36-4
R64
Muller G.
Capdeville P.
3-67-674-0
Spadea V.
Karanusic R.
7-51-0
Massa E.
Devvarman S.
6-46-0
Stoppini A.
Goldstein P.
6-36-2
Zib T.
Lisnard J.
7-56-4
Gabashvili T.
Faurel J.
6-36-3
Delgado R.
Luczak P.
6-46-4
Sweeting R.
Gimelstob J.
7-676-2
Gremelmayr D.
Whitehouse W.
6-26-2
Moodie W.
Querrey S.
2-67-647-66
Kim K.
Oudsema S.
6-16-3
Carlsen K.
Udomchoke D.
6-16-2
Tipsarevic J.
Venus M.
6-26-1
Safin M.
Kunitsyn I.
6-37-66
King P.
Reynolds B.
7-653-66-3
Lee H.
Dancevic F.
2-66-36-2