Jurgen Melzer vs Marat Safin — Indian Wells Masters Round of 128

Indian Wells Masters · ATP · Round of 128
AUT
Jurgen Melzer
45 yrs · 183 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Thursday, 13 March 2008
hard
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
Melzer J.
7-6 2-6 6-2
Safin M.
Melzer J.
77262
Safin M.
65621

Jurgen Melzer defeated Marat Safin 7-6 2-6 6-2 in the Indian Wells Masters round of 128 on hard. The result followed the form book — Jurgen Melzer came in leading the head-to-head 3–1, defending last year's round of 64. Jurgen Melzer extended the head-to-head to 4–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Jurgen Melzer closed it out in three sets, 7–6 2–6 6–2.

Head to head

3–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2009-08-31US OpenR128hardJurgen Melzer1-6 6-4 6-3 6-4
2006-10-02MetzR16hardJurgen Melzer4-6 6-2 7-6(5)
2004-11-01Paris MastersR16hardMarat Safin6-2 7-5
2004-05-10Hamburg MastersR16clayJurgen Melzer6-4 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Melzer J.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Safin M.

Safin M.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Melzer J.

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
Melzer J.Safin M.
1st serve in·Slight edge
65%
55%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
68%
74%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
51%
Service points won·Even
62%
64%
Return points won·Even
38%
36%
Break points saved·Even
59%
63%
Aces / match·Dominant
4.0
9.0
Double faults / match·Even
2.8
2.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 83). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Melzer J.Safin M.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
44
53
Break points saved·Even
86
83
Break points won·Clear edge
27
47
Deciding sets·Even
65
61
Tiebreaks·Dominant
27
52

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
27°CMainly clear
Wind 12 km/hHumidity 24%

Draw

Final
Djokovic N.
Fish M.
6-25-76-3
Semi-finals
Djokovic N.
Nadal R.
6-36-2
Fish M.
Federer R.
6-36-2
Quarter-finals
Fish M.
Nalbandian D.
6-36-757-64
Djokovic N.
Wawrinka S.
7-656-2
Nadal R.
Blake J.
7-53-66-3
Federer R.
Haas T.
W/O
R16
Wawrinka S.
Lee H.
6-15-76-4
Djokovic N.
Canas G.
6-26-3
Blake J.
Gasquet R.
6-46-2
Federer R.
Ljubicic I.
6-36-4
Haas T.
Murray A.
2-67-56-3
Fish M.
Hewitt L.
7-53-67-64
Nalbandian D.
Ferrero J.
6-26-2
Nadal R.
Tsonga J.
6-747-637-5
R32
Lee H.
Ferrer D.
7-656-757-63
Murray A.
Karlovic I.
7-676-736-3
Federer R.
Mahut N.
6-16-1
Ljubicic I.
Robredo T.
6-36-4
Haas T.
Verdasco F.
7-654-66-1
Fish M.
Davydenko N.
6-36-2
Blake J.
Moya C.
6-36-4
Tsonga J.
Mathieu P.
7-656-4
Nadal R.
Young D.
6-16-3
Gasquet R.
Chela J.
6-26-1
Wawrinka S.
Baghdatis M.
6-36-716-0
Nalbandian D.
Stepanek R.
7-610-67-66
Ferrero J.
Ancic M.
7-54-67-67
Hewitt L.
Youzhny M.
7-56-1
Canas G.
Monaco J.
6-36-716-2
Djokovic N.
Kohlschreiber P.
6-36-2
R64
Mahut N.
Almagro N.
7-616-2
Canas G.
Bjorkman J.
6-27-64
Wawrinka S.
Berdych T.
2-67-636-4
Monaco J.
Haase R.
6-26-4
Kohlschreiber P.
Malisse X.
6-25-76-4
Djokovic N.
Seppi A.
6-37-63
Gasquet R.
Soderling R.
6-36-2
Blake J.
Gicquel M.
6-36-756-1
Moya C.
Ginepri R.
2-66-26-4
Mathieu P.
Fognini F.
6-17-67
Tsonga J.
Sela D.
6-26-4
Young D.
Lopez F.
6-46-736-2
Nadal R.
Giraldo S.
6-36-3
Ferrero J.
Johansson T.
6-46-4
Stepanek R.
Mirnyi M.
6-46-2
Federer R.
Garcia Lopez G.
6-36-2
Lee H.
Nieminen J.
4-67-656-3
Hewitt L.
Querrey S.
6-46-3
Baghdatis M.
Odesnik W.
7-621-66-3
Karlovic I.
De Voest R.
6-37-62
Fish M.
Andreev I.
6-46-3
Davydenko N.
Isner J.
6-27-63
Haas T.
Roddick A.
6-46-4
Verdasco F.
Hanescu V.
4-66-46-3
Chela J.
Tursunov D.
6-717-666-4
Nalbandian D.
Gulbis E.
6-44-67-64
Ferrer D.
Rochus O.
6-26-2
Ljubicic I.
Cilic M.
7-677-5
Murray A.
Melzer J.
3-66-36-3
Robredo T.
Massu N.
6-45-77-65
Youzhny M.
Simon G.
7-56-4
Ancic M.
Gonzalez F.
7-53-66-3
R128
Haase R.
Vemic D.
3-66-36-2
Malisse X.
Serra F.
6-756-26-0
Seppi A.
Capdeville P.
4-67-636-2
Soderling R.
Grosjean S.
6-36-3
Tursunov D.
Becker B.
7-646-3
Wawrinka S.
Levine J.
7-54-66-4
Odesnik W.
Kunitsyn I.
2-67-636-3
Garcia Lopez G.
Roitman S.
6-16-4
Giraldo S.
Eschauer W.
7-656-4
Young D.
Reynolds B.
6-36-4
Sela D.
Kiefer N.
6-46-746-3
Fognini F.
Schuettler R.
2-66-36-3
Gicquel M.
Starace P.
6-46-3
Ginepri R.
Spadea V.
6-16-1
Lee H.
Llodra M.
6-26-3
Rochus O.
Clement A.
6-46-4
Gulbis E.
Hernandez O.
6-26-1
Mirnyi M.
Acasuso J.
7-57-5
Johansson T.
Lu Y.
6-46-726-4
Ancic M.
Monfils G.
6-36-2
Simon G.
Berlocq C.
6-26-3
Querrey S.
Horna L.
7-656-3
Fish M.
Mayer F.
7-56-4
Isner J.
Bolelli S.
6-36-757-62
Haas T.
Benneteau J.
3-66-06-2
Hanescu V.
Montanes A.
1-66-46-4
De Voest R.
Berrer M.
7-647-5
Melzer J.
Safin M.
7-652-66-2
Massu N.
Tipsarevic J.
6-43-67-64
Cilic M.
Nishikori K.
6-26-4
Mahut N.
Korolev E.
3-66-26-2
Bjorkman J.
Volandri F.
6-37-65