Marat Safin vs Juan Carlos Ferrero — Valencia Round of 32

Valencia · ATP · Round of 32
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 14 April 2008
hard
ESP
Juan Carlos Ferrero
46 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLWLWW
Safin M.
6-3 5-7 6-4
Ferrero J.
Safin M.
6562
Ferrero J.
3741

Marat Safin defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-3 5-7 6-4 in the Valencia round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Juan Carlos Ferrero came in leading the head-to-head 6–5, defending last year's round of 16. Marat Safin narrowed the head-to-head to 6–6.

Key context

  • Match story: Marat Safin closed it out in three sets, 6–3 5–7 6–4.

Head to head

5–6
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2007-05-14Hamburg MastersR32clayJuan Carlos Ferrero6-3 7-6(15)
2005-05-23Roland GarrosR32clayMarat Safin7-6(5) 7-5 1-6 7-6(2)
2005-05-09Hamburg MastersR32clayJuan Carlos Ferrero4-6 6-4 6-2
2005-04-11Monte Carlo MastersR16clayJuan Carlos Ferrero6-2 6-4
2003-04-21BarcelonaSFclayMarat Safin6-4 6-3
2002-05-27Roland GarrosSFclayJuan Carlos Ferrero6-3 6-2 6-4
2001-02-26DubaiFhardJuan Carlos Ferrero6-2 3-1 RET
2000-11-13Paris MastersSFhardMarat Safin6-2 6-2
2000-08-28US OpenR16hardMarat Safin6-1 6-2 6-2
2000-04-24BarcelonaFclayMarat Safin6-3 6-3 6-4
2000-04-07Davis Cup WG QF: ESP vs RUSRRclayJuan Carlos Ferrero6-0 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Safin M.serving82% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Ferrero J.

Ferrero J.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Safin M.

Serve advantage — Ferrero J.

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.Ferrero J.
1st serve in·Clear edge
55%
67%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
74%
68%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
55%
Service points won·Even
64%
64%
Return points won·Even
36%
39%
Break points saved·Even
63%
62%
Aces / match·Dominant
9.0
3.4
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.9
1.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (83 vs 182). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Safin M.Ferrero J.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
53
63
Break points saved·Even
83
87
Break points won·Even
47
49
Deciding sets·Slight edge
61
72
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
52
74

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Ferrer D.
Almagro N.
4-66-27-62
Semi-finals
Ferrer D.
Robredo T.
2-66-26-3
Almagro N.
Korolev E.
6-16-4
Quarter-finals
Robredo T.
Starace P.
6-33-0
Almagro N.
Monaco J.
6-36-2
Korolev E.
Haase R.
7-56-4
Ferrer D.
Verdasco F.
6-31-67-5
R16
Verdasco F.
Zverev M.
6-46-2
Ferrer D.
Andujar P.
6-36-4
Monaco J.
Garcia Lopez G.
6-46-4
Almagro N.
Schwank E.
6-36-4
Haase R.
Safin M.
2-67-696-4
Korolev E.
Gimeno Traver D.
6-787-626-3
Starace P.
Monfils G.
7-56-1
Robredo T.
Ventura S.
6-776-36-4
R32
Ventura S.
Marrero D.
7-637-66
Haase R.
Schukin Y.
6-44-1
Schwank E.
Rochus C.
6-22-0
Garcia Lopez G.
Darcis S.
6-4
Monaco J.
Eschauer W.
6-756-46-4
Ferrer D.
Navarro I.
6-36-4
Andujar P.
Vliegen K.
6-46-1
Zverev M.
Horna L.
6-36-756-4
Verdasco F.
Lapentti N.
5-76-36-4
Robredo T.
Montanes A.
6-37-5
Monfils G.
Gonzalez M.
6-36-4
Starace P.
Bolelli S.
6-36-1
Korolev E.
Andreev I.
6-44-67-64
Gimeno Traver D.
Stakhovsky S.
6-46-4
Safin M.
Ferrero J.
6-35-76-4
Almagro N.
Lopez Jaen M.
7-56-3