Hyung Taik Lee vs Marat Safin — Los Angeles Quarter-final

Los Angeles · ATP · Quarter-final
KOR
Hyung Taik Lee
50 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLLWLWW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 16 July 2007
hard
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
Lee H.
4-6 7-5 6-4
Safin M.
Lee H.
4762
Safin M.
6541

Hyung Taik Lee defeated Marat Safin 4-6 7-5 6-4 in the Los Angeles quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Marat Safin came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's round of 16. Hyung Taik Lee 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
2005-04-11Monte Carlo MastersR64clayMarat Safin6-0 7-5

Serve vs return

This season
Lee H.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Safin M.

Safin M.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Lee H.

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
Lee H.Safin M.
1st serve in·Slight edge
64%
56%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
68%
74%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
51%
Service points won·Even
62%
64%
Return points won·Even
37%
36%
Break points saved·Slight edge
58%
63%
Aces / match·Dominant
2.9
8.7
Double faults / match·Clear edge
1.9
3.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (71 vs 123). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Lee H.Safin M.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
46
53
Break points saved·Slight edge
73
83
Break points won·Even
44
47
Deciding sets·Slight edge
52
61
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
59
52

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

Draw

Final
Stepanek R.
Blake J.
7-675-76-2
Semi-finals
Stepanek R.
Kiefer N.
W/O
Blake J.
Lee H.
6-34-66-3
Quarter-finals
Kiefer N.
Berrer M.
7-656-1
Stepanek R.
Fleishman Z.
6-46-2
Lee H.
Safin M.
4-67-56-4
Blake J.
Spadea V.
7-626-4
R16
Lee H.
Moodie W.
6-23-0
Blake J.
Goldstein P.
6-01-67-5
Fleishman Z.
Kendrick R.
7-646-3
Spadea V.
Tursunov D.
6-757-56-3
Safin M.
Bastl G.
6-22-66-4
Berrer M.
Mello R.
6-37-5
Kiefer N.
Kunitsyn I.
6-36-2
Stepanek R.
Fish M.
6-26-2
R32
Stepanek R.
Bogdanovic A.
6-1
Blake J.
Peya A.
7-56-4
Goldstein P.
Garcia A.
6-35-76-4
Spadea V.
Alves T.
7-626-2
Tursunov D.
Udomchoke D.
6-16-4
Safin M.
Guccione C.
6-36-747-62
Bastl G.
Bozoljac I.
6-46-756-3
Moodie W.
Nishikori K.
6-36-2
Lee H.
Kim K.
6-36-2
Berrer M.
Delic A.
6-46-4
Mello R.
King P.
6-46-2
Kiefer N.
Gabashvili T.
6-36-3
Kunitsyn I.
Nalbandian D.
7-657-5
Fish M.
Querrey S.
7-56-4
Kendrick R.
Whitehouse W.
6-46-3
Fleishman Z.
Gonzalez F.
7-656-4