Rafael Nadal vs Marat Safin — Canada Masters Round of 32

Canada Masters · ATP · Round of 32
ESP
Rafael Nadal
40 yrs · 185 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWWWWLL
0 — 0
Sets
Sunday, 5 August 2007
hard
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
Nadal R.
7-6 6-0
Safin M.
Nadal R.
7762
Safin M.
640–

Rafael Nadal defeated Marat Safin 7-6 6-0 in the Canada Masters round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Rafael Nadal came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's round of 16. Rafael Nadal extended the head-to-head to 2–0.

Key context

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2009-10-05BeijingQFhardRafael Nadal6-3 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Nadal R.serving90% hold

wins 70% of points on serve vs Safin M.

Safin M.serving76% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Nadal R.

Serve advantage — Nadal R.

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
Nadal R.Safin M.
1st serve in·Slight edge
65%
56%
1st serve points won·Even
73%
74%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
56%
51%
Service points won·Even
67%
64%
Return points won·Slight edge
42%
36%
Break points saved·Even
64%
63%
Aces / match·Dominant
4.4
8.7
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.4
3.0

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Nadal R.Safin M.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
97
53
Break points saved·Clear edge
100
83
Break points won·Dominant
99
47
Deciding sets·Dominant
100
61
Tiebreaks·Dominant
99
52

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Weather
25°CClear
Wind 15 km/hHumidity 41%

Draw

Final
Djokovic N.
Federer R.
7-622-67-62
Semi-finals
Federer R.
Stepanek R.
7-666-2
Djokovic N.
Nadal R.
7-56-3
Quarter-finals
Nadal R.
Dancevic F.
4-66-26-3
Djokovic N.
Roddick A.
7-646-4
Stepanek R.
Davydenko N.
6-47-5
Federer R.
Hewitt L.
6-36-4
R16
Djokovic N.
Nalbandian D.
6-26-3
Nadal R.
Mathieu P.
3-66-36-2
Dancevic F.
Verdasco F.
4-66-46-3
Roddick A.
Baghdatis M.
6-26-3
Stepanek R.
Haas T.
6-32-66-2
Davydenko N.
Youzhny M.
7-686-3
Hewitt L.
Hrbaty D.
6-7107-667-5
Federer R.
Fognini F.
6-16-1
R32
Haas T.
Russell M.
6-33-0
Hewitt L.
Blake J.
W/O
Federer R.
Karlovic I.
7-627-63
Nalbandian D.
Ferrer D.
7-646-1
Verdasco F.
Gasquet R.
3-67-676-4
Dancevic F.
Odesnik W.
6-34-67-5
Stepanek R.
Gonzalez F.
6-727-616-4
Mathieu P.
Ancic M.
6-36-2
Youzhny M.
Wawrinka S.
6-46-4
Davydenko N.
Nieminen J.
6-37-65
Hrbaty D.
Robredo T.
6-26-4
Nadal R.
Safin M.
7-646-0
Fognini F.
Murray A.
6-26-2
Roddick A.
Clement A.
6-17-65
Baghdatis M.
Haase R.
6-23-66-1
Djokovic N.
Kiefer N.
6-36-3
R64
Safin M.
Soderling R.
1-2
Murray A.
Ginepri R.
6-46-4
Clement A.
Bester P.
7-626-2
Stepanek R.
Bjorkman J.
6-46-1
Blake J.
Melzer J.
7-57-64
Russell M.
Almagro N.
2-67-636-3
Karlovic I.
Mirnyi M.
4-66-37-63
Hewitt L.
Ferrero J.
7-656-4
Ferrer D.
Gulbis E.
6-26-1
Hrbaty D.
Kohlschreiber P.
7-666-4
Fognini F.
Polansky P.
6-37-67
Ancic M.
Niemeyer F.
6-46-2
Mathieu P.
Canas G.
4-67-56-0
Haas T.
Calleri A.
6-37-66
Odesnik W.
Ljubicic I.
6-34-67-65
Dancevic F.
del Potro J.
6-43-66-3
Kiefer N.
Tursunov D.
1-66-46-3
Verdasco F.
Chela J.
3-66-16-3
Nalbandian D.
Falla A.
6-46-3
Youzhny M.
Grosjean S.
6-26-4
Haase R.
Berdych T.
6-47-5
Nieminen J.
Benneteau J.
6-36-4
Wawrinka S.
Lee H.
6-33-66-1
Baghdatis M.
Moya C.
7-676-1