Gael Monfils vs Marat Safin — Washington Quarter-final

Washington · ATP · Quarter-final
Gael Monfils
FRA
Gael Monfils
#325ATP
1803ELO
1784Hard ELO
39 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLWLWLL
0 — 0
Sets
Sunday, 29 July 2007
hard
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
Monfils G.
6-3 7-5
Safin M.
Monfils G.
672
Safin M.
35–

Gael Monfils defeated Marat Safin 6-3 7-5 in the Washington quarter-final on hard. The result followed the form book — Gael Monfils came in leading the head-to-head 3–0. Gael Monfils extended the head-to-head to 4–0.

Key context

  • Match story: Gael Monfils closed it out in two sets, 6–3 7–5.

Head to head

3–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2009-08-10Canada MastersR64hardGael Monfils6-2 3-6 6-2
2009-03-25Miami MastersR32hardGael Monfils5-7 7-5 7-6(3)
2006-08-14Cincinnati MastersR64hardGael Monfils6-4 7-5

Serve vs return

This season
Monfils G.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Safin M.

Safin M.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Monfils G.

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

Serve & return on hard

Monfils G.Safin M.
26
Serve
—
37
Return
—

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
Monfils G.Safin M.
1st serve in·Slight edge
61%
56%
1st serve points won·Even
74%
74%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
51%
Service points won·Even
64%
64%
Return points won·Even
37%
36%
Break points saved·Even
62%
63%
Aces / match·Even
8.3
8.8
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.5
3.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 123). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Monfils G.Safin M.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
88
53
Break points saved·Clear edge
99
83
Break points won·Dominant
76
47
Deciding sets·Dominant
92
61
Tiebreaks·Dominant
98
52

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

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Weather
28°CRain
Wind 8 km/hHumidity 71%

Draw

Final
Roddick A.
Isner J.
6-47-64
Semi-finals
Roddick A.
Karlovic I.
7-677-65
Isner J.
Monfils G.
6-747-617-62
Quarter-finals
Karlovic I.
Capdeville P.
4-66-37-65
Isner J.
Haas T.
6-46-767-65
Roddick A.
Lee H.
7-666-2
Monfils G.
Safin M.
6-37-5
R16
Isner J.
Odesnik W.
6-747-637-62
Safin M.
Haase R.
7-56-727-5
Lee H.
Benneteau J.
2-66-26-3
Roddick A.
Stepanek R.
6-31-67-5
Capdeville P.
Johansson T.
7-656-3
Karlovic I.
Spadea V.
6-26-4
Monfils G.
Berrer M.
6-756-36-3
Haas T.
Russell M.
6-36-4
R32
Spadea V.
Moodie W.
7-657-63
Isner J.
Becker B.
3-67-57-66
Safin M.
Hernych J.
6-22-66-2
Haas T.
Falla A.
6-36-2
Russell M.
Whitehouse W.
7-614-1
Berrer M.
Fish M.
7-646-4
Monfils G.
Klizan M.
7-656-4
Stepanek R.
Goldstein P.
6-34-66-4
Roddick A.
Zib T.
6-46-2
Odesnik W.
del Potro J.
3-67-6106-3
Karlovic I.
Korolev E.
6-36-3
Haase R.
Llodra M.
6-26-777-64
Benneteau J.
Nishikori K.
6-26-3
Capdeville P.
Delic A.
7-657-5
Johansson T.
Clement A.
1-66-36-4
Lee H.
Kunitsyn I.
6-776-36-1
R64
Berrer M.
Bastl G.
6-36-2
Isner J.
Henman T.
4-66-47-64
Moodie W.
Sweeting R.
6-36-4
Korolev E.
Mello R.
6-46-4
Falla A.
Kendrick R.
3-66-27-5
Whitehouse W.
Vanek J.
3-66-36-3
Odesnik W.
Garcia A.
4-66-36-0
Nishikori K.
Gabashvili T.
7-646-3
Hernych J.
Healey N.
6-31-1
Haase R.
Bogdanovic A.
6-46-2
Zib T.
Kim K.
7-626-4
Goldstein P.
Devvarman S.
6-46-2
Klizan M.
Economidis K.
6-46-3
Capdeville P.
Bozoljac I.
4-66-36-0
Johansson T.
Giraldo S.
7-676-756-4
Kunitsyn I.
Grosjean S.
6-736-46-3