Potito Starace vs Marat Safin — Bastad Round of 16

Bastad · ATP · Round of 16
ITA
Potito Starace
45 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLLLWWW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 7 July 2008
clay
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
Starace P.
7-6 3-6 6-4
Safin M.
Starace P.
77362
Safin M.
64641

Potito Starace defeated Marat Safin 7-6 3-6 6-4 in the Bastad round of 16 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Marat Safin came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Potito Starace claimed a first win over Marat Safin in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Potito Starace closed it out in three sets, 7–6 3–6 6–4.

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2004-05-24Roland GarrosR32clayMarat Safin6-7(4) 6-4 3-6 7-5 7-5

Serve vs return

This season
Starace P.serving78% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Safin M.

Safin M.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Starace P.

Even serve battle

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
Starace P.Safin M.
1st serve in·Clear edge
72%
55%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
66%
74%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
51%
Service points won·Even
62%
64%
Return points won·Even
37%
36%
Break points saved·Even
62%
63%
Aces / match·Dominant
2.7
9.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.2
2.9

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Starace P.Safin M.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
43
53
Break points saved·Even
86
83
Break points won·Slight edge
38
47
Deciding sets·Clear edge
42
61
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
46
52

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

Conditions

Court speed
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast
Weather
20°CPartly cloudy
Wind 14 km/hHumidity 58%

Draw

Final
Robredo T.
Berdych T.
6-46-1
Semi-finals
Robredo T.
Ferrer D.
2-66-16-2
Berdych T.
Verdasco F.
2-66-36-2
Quarter-finals
Verdasco F.
Rehnquist B.
2-66-16-0
Ferrer D.
Soderling R.
7-56-736-1
Robredo T.
Nieminen J.
6-27-64
Berdych T.
Starace P.
6-36-2
R16
Verdasco F.
Eleskovic E.
6-04-2
Ferrer D.
Pashanski B.
7-56-1
Rehnquist B.
Ryderstedt M.
6-37-5
Berdych T.
Johansson T.
7-626-2
Starace P.
Safin M.
7-643-66-4
Nieminen J.
Darcis S.
6-36-1
Robredo T.
Bjorkman J.
6-26-3
Soderling R.
Rochus O.
6-36-3
R32
Eleskovic E.
Volandri F.
6-46-4
Rehnquist B.
Przysiezny M.
7-56-2
Ryderstedt M.
Goransson T.
6-16-2
Johansson T.
Prpic F.
7-646-3
Safin M.
Lopez M.
7-667-5
Starace P.
Moya C.
6-747-666-4
Nieminen J.
Roitman S.
6-46-2
Darcis S.
Koellerer D.
7-646-0
Bjorkman J.
Granollers M.
6-36-1
Rochus O.
Gicquel M.
6-36-4
Pashanski B.
Massu N.
6-26-3
Soderling R.
Fognini F.
6-16-747-5