Marat Safin vs Julien Benneteau — Bangkok Round of 16

Bangkok · ATP · Round of 16
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 25 September 2006
hard
FRA
Julien Benneteau
44 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLWWLWL
Safin M.
7-6 6-7 6-2
Benneteau J.
Safin M.
776362
Benneteau J.
657721

Marat Safin defeated Julien Benneteau 7-6 6-7 6-2 in the Bangkok round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Marat Safin came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Marat Safin extended the head-to-head to 2–0.

Key context

  • Match story: Marat Safin closed it out in three sets, 7–6 6–7 6–2.

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2008-10-06MoscowR16hardMarat Safin6-4 0-6 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Safin M.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Benneteau J.

Benneteau 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.Benneteau J.
1st serve in·Even
58%
62%
1st serve points won·Even
74%
73%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
50%
Service points won·Even
64%
64%
Return points won·Even
36%
37%
Break points saved·Even
64%
61%
Aces / match·Slight edge
8.5
7.6
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.6
3.3

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Safin M.Benneteau J.
Clutch Rating·Even
53
52
Break points saved·Slight edge
83
91
Break points won·Clear edge
47
30
Deciding sets·Slight edge
61
53
Tiebreaks·Dominant
52
78

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

Draw

Final
Blake J.
Ljubicic I.
6-36-1
Semi-finals
Ljubicic I.
Srichaphan P.
6-36-2
Blake J.
Safin M.
3-66-47-63
Quarter-finals
Srichaphan P.
Henman T.
6-726-47-64
Ljubicic I.
Ginepri R.
4-66-36-4
Blake J.
Nieminen J.
6-22-67-5
Safin M.
Zverev M.
7-645-77-5
R16
Henman T.
Bogdanovic A.
6-35-76-1
Ginepri R.
Udomchoke D.
6-36-3
Blake J.
Balleret B.
6-36-2
Ljubicic I.
Becker B.
7-667-5
Safin M.
Benneteau J.
7-656-736-2
Zverev M.
Schuettler R.
7-677-5
Nieminen J.
Dancevic F.
2-67-636-4
Srichaphan P.
Ledovskikh M.
6-45-76-2
R32
Srichaphan P.
Lopez F.
6-16-4
Dancevic F.
Burgsmuller L.
7-53-67-67
Balleret B.
Waske A.
7-52-66-1
Ginepri R.
Carlsen K.
6-36-4
Benneteau J.
Iwabuchi S.
6-46-2
Zverev M.
Ferrero J.
4-66-26-4
Blake J.
Cilic M.
6-16-2
Nieminen J.
Massa E.
6-766-36-2
Ljubicic I.
Vicente F.
6-33-66-4
Becker B.
Daniel M.
6-36-2
Udomchoke D.
Bastl G.
6-36-0
Schuettler R.
Lee H.
6-16-4
Bogdanovic A.
Wang J.
6-776-46-4
Henman T.
Murray A.
6-46-2
Safin M.
Kim K.
2-66-16-4
Ledovskikh M.
Ryderstedt M.
6-17-67