James Blake vs Marat Safin — Bangkok Semi-final

Bangkok · ATP · Semi-final
USA
James Blake
46 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWLLWWL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 25 September 2006
hard
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
Blake J.
3-6 6-4 7-6
Safin M.
Blake J.
36772
Safin M.
64631

James Blake defeated Marat Safin 3-6 6-4 7-6 in the Bangkok semi-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Marat Safin came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. James Blake narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2006-09-22Davis Cup WG SF: RUS vs USARRclayJames Blake7-5 7-6(4)
2006-07-31WashingtonR16hardMarat Safin7-6(6) 7-6(5)
2004-01-19Australian OpenR16hardMarat Safin7-6(3) 6-3 6-7(6) 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Blake J.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Safin M.

Safin M.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Blake J.

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
Blake J.Safin M.
1st serve in·Even
57%
58%
1st serve points won·Even
73%
74%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
52%
Service points won·Even
64%
64%
Return points won·Even
36%
36%
Break points saved·Even
61%
64%
Aces / match·Clear edge
6.0
8.6
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.0
2.6

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Blake J.Safin M.
Clutch Rating·Even
54
53
Break points saved·Slight edge
88
83
Break points won·Even
51
47
Deciding sets·Slight edge
54
61
Tiebreaks·Even
55
52

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