Marat Safin vs Yen Hsun Lu — San Jose Round of 16

San Jose · ATP · Round of 16
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 12 February 2007
hard
TPE
Yen Hsun Lu
42 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWLLLL
Safin M.
6-4 5-7 6-4
Lu Y.
Safin M.
6562
Lu Y.
4741

Marat Safin defeated Yen Hsun Lu 6-4 5-7 6-4 in the San Jose round of 16 on hard.

Key context

  • Match story: Marat Safin edged a tight contest from start to finish — 6–4 5–7 6–4.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Safin M.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Lu Y.

Lu Y.serving89% hold

wins 69% 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.Lu Y.
1st serve in·Slight edge
56%
61%
1st serve points won·Even
74%
74%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
53%
Service points won·Even
64%
66%
Return points won·Even
36%
38%
Break points saved·Even
63%
61%
Aces / match·Dominant
8.7
5.2
Double faults / match·Even
3.0
2.7

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Safin M.Lu Y.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
53
34
Break points saved·Slight edge
83
88
Break points won·Clear edge
47
29
Deciding sets·Dominant
61
33
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
52
32

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