Benjamin Becker vs Marat Safin — San Jose Quarter-final

San Jose · ATP · Quarter-final
GER
Benjamin Becker
45 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLLLLLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 12 February 2007
hard
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
Becker B.
6-4 6-3
Safin M.
Becker B.
662
Safin M.
43–

Benjamin Becker defeated Marat Safin 6-4 6-3 in the San Jose quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Marat Safin came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Benjamin Becker claimed a first win over Marat Safin in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2007-01-15Australian OpenR128hardMarat Safin5-7 7-6(2) 3-6 6-3 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Becker B.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Safin M.

Safin M.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Becker B.

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
Becker B.Safin M.
1st serve in·Even
60%
56%
1st serve points won·Even
73%
74%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
51%
Service points won·Even
63%
64%
Return points won·Even
36%
36%
Break points saved·Slight edge
58%
63%
Aces / match·Clear edge
6.4
8.8
Double faults / match·Even
3.0
3.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 123). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Becker B.Safin M.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
42
53
Break points saved·Even
81
83
Break points won·Clear edge
29
47
Deciding sets·Even
59
61
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
29
52

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

Draw

Final
Murray A.
Karlovic I.
6-736-47-62
Semi-finals
Karlovic I.
Becker B.
7-657-5
Murray A.
Roddick A.
7-686-4
Quarter-finals
Murray A.
Lee H.
4-66-37-64
Becker B.
Safin M.
6-46-3
Roddick A.
Spadea V.
6-36-756-1
Karlovic I.
Fish M.
7-626-4
R16
Becker B.
Phau B.
7-641-66-3
Karlovic I.
Blake J.
6-747-6116-4
Fish M.
Warburg S.
2-66-46-2
Safin M.
Lu Y.
6-45-76-4
Spadea V.
Lopez F.
4-67-57-66
Murray A.
Pless K.
6-06-756-4
Lee H.
Greul S.
6-27-63
Roddick A.
Querrey S.
6-47-63
R32
Murray A.
Kim K.
6-36-1
Spadea V.
Udomchoke D.
6-36-4
Lu Y.
Wilson B.
6-16-2
Blake J.
Kunitsyn I.
6-36-2
Karlovic I.
Garcia Lopez G.
6-37-67
Lee H.
King P.
7-646-3
Roddick A.
Dancevic F.
7-56-1
Querrey S.
Goldstein P.
6-26-1
Lopez F.
Schuettler R.
7-616-1
Phau B.
Economidis K.
6-26-3
Warburg S.
Delic A.
6-46-3
Fish M.
Gabashvili T.
6-36-2
Safin M.
Oudsema S.
6-47-63
Pless K.
Stakhovsky S.
7-56-1
Greul S.
Kendrick R.
6-36-2
Becker B.
Vemic D.
6-43-66-4