Arnaud Clement vs Marat Safin — Washington Semi-final

Washington · ATP · Semi-final
FRA
Arnaud Clement
48 yrs · 173 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLLWLWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 31 July 2006
hard
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
Clement A.
7-6 7-6
Safin M.
Clement A.
77772
Safin M.
6564–

Arnaud Clement defeated Marat Safin 7-6 7-6 in the Washington semi-final on hard. The result followed the form book — Arnaud Clement came in defending last year's quarter-final. Arnaud Clement extended the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

1–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2009-02-16MarseilleR32hardArnaud Clement4-6 6-3 6-2
2001-06-25WimbledonR16grassMarat Safin6-0 6-3 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Clement A.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Safin M.

Safin M.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Clement A.

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
Clement A.Safin M.
1st serve in·Even
57%
58%
1st serve points won·Even
72%
74%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
52%
Service points won·Even
63%
64%
Return points won·Even
36%
36%
Break points saved·Even
60%
64%
Aces / match·Dominant
5.2
8.6
Double faults / match·Even
2.5
2.6

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Clement A.Safin M.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
43
53
Break points saved·Even
81
83
Break points won·Slight edge
40
47
Deciding sets·Clear edge
49
61
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
40
52

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