Marat Safin vs Julien Benneteau — Moscow Round of 16

Moscow · ATP · Round of 16
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 6 October 2008
hard
FRA
Julien Benneteau
44 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLWWLWL
Safin M.
6-4 0-6 6-2
Benneteau J.
Safin M.
6062
Benneteau J.
4621

Marat Safin defeated Julien Benneteau 6-4 0-6 6-2 in the Moscow round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Marat Safin came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's round of 16. Marat Safin extended the head-to-head to 2–0.

Key context

  • Match story: Marat Safin closed it out in three sets, 6–4 0–6 6–2.

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2006-09-25BangkokR16hardMarat Safin7-6(5) 6-7(3) 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Safin M.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Benneteau J.

Benneteau J.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Safin M.

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
Safin M.Benneteau J.
1st serve in·Slight edge
55%
62%
1st serve points won·Even
74%
73%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
50%
Service points won·Even
64%
64%
Return points won·Even
36%
37%
Break points saved·Even
63%
61%
Aces / match·Slight edge
9.0
7.6
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.9
3.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (84 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Safin M.Benneteau J.
Clutch Rating·Even
53
52
Break points saved·Slight edge
83
91
Break points won·Clear edge
47
30
Deciding sets·Slight edge
61
53
Tiebreaks·Dominant
52
78

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

Draw

Final
Kunitsyn I.
Safin M.
7-666-746-3
Semi-finals
Safin M.
Zverev M.
W/O
Kunitsyn I.
Santoro F.
6-46-3
Quarter-finals
Santoro F.
Mathieu P.
6-32-0
Safin M.
Davydenko N.
7-654-66-4
Kunitsyn I.
Chardy J.
6-46-2
Zverev M.
Troicki V.
6-43-67-5
R16
Kunitsyn I.
Ginepri R.
6-46-3
Safin M.
Benneteau J.
6-40-66-2
Chardy J.
Andreev I.
3-67-56-4
Troicki V.
Tipsarevic J.
6-36-4
Davydenko N.
Garcia Lopez G.
6-16-1
Santoro F.
Istomin D.
6-26-4
Mathieu P.
Sela D.
6-737-57-60
Zverev M.
Gabashvili T.
6-22-66-1
R32
Ginepri R.
Vanek J.
6-36-4
Andreev I.
Lu Y.
6-2
Gabashvili T.
Youzhny M.
7-54-67-61
Istomin D.
Llodra M.
7-626-3
Troicki V.
Donskoy E.
6-16-3
Sela D.
Hanescu V.
6-33-66-2
Kunitsyn I.
Kukushkin M.
6-14-66-1
Zverev M.
Gremelmayr D.
6-37-67
Santoro F.
Schukin Y.
4-67-626-4
Safin M.
Okun N.
7-653-66-4
Davydenko N.
Serra F.
6-17-5
Benneteau J.
Levy H.
6-46-3
Mathieu P.
Stakhovsky S.
6-36-2
Garcia Lopez G.
Devilder N.
6-26-4
Tipsarevic J.
Kudryavtsev A.
4-66-37-66
Chardy J.
Starace P.
3-66-16-4