Marat Safin vs Sergiy Stakhovsky — St. Petersburg Round of 32

St. Petersburg · ATP · Round of 32
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 20 October 2008
carpet
UKR
Sergiy Stakhovsky
40 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWWWLLW
Safin M.
6-2 6-4
Stakhovsky S.
Safin M.
662
Stakhovsky S.
24–

Marat Safin defeated Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-2 6-4 in the St. Petersburg round of 32 on carpet. The upset overturned the form book — Sergiy Stakhovsky came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Marat Safin claimed a first win over Sergiy Stakhovsky in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2009-10-25St. PetersburgSFcarpetSergiy Stakhovsky6-4 4-6 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Safin M.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Stakhovsky S.

Stakhovsky S.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.Stakhovsky S.
1st serve in·Slight edge
55%
60%
1st serve points won·Even
74%
74%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
48%
Service points won·Even
64%
64%
Return points won·Even
36%
36%
Break points saved·Even
63%
59%
Aces / match·Clear edge
9.0
7.3
Double faults / match·Even
3.0
2.8

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Safin M.Stakhovsky S.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
53
40
Break points saved·Slight edge
83
88
Break points won·Dominant
47
3
Deciding sets·Even
61
57
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
52
59

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

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Murray A.
Golubev A.
6-16-1
Semi-finals
Golubev A.
Hanescu V.
6-36-0
Murray A.
Verdasco F.
6-06-3
Quarter-finals
Murray A.
Tipsarevic J.
7-657-5
Hanescu V.
Elgin M.
6-16-4
Golubev A.
Zverev M.
6-736-47-64
Verdasco F.
Schuettler R.
7-56-2
R16
Elgin M.
Davydenko N.
W/O
Murray A.
Gulbis E.
6-46-2
Tipsarevic J.
Chardy J.
6-47-63
Verdasco F.
Lejnieks K.
6-16-3
Schuettler R.
Hrbaty D.
6-36-3
Golubev A.
Safin M.
6-46-2
Zverev M.
Youzhny M.
7-56-4
Hanescu V.
Kukushkin M.
6-37-67
R32
Chardy J.
Ancic M.
6-43-66-4
Murray A.
Troicki V.
6-36-3
Tipsarevic J.
Starace P.
6-37-64
Gulbis E.
Garcia Lopez G.
6-06-2
Verdasco F.
Gabashvili T.
1-66-46-3
Youzhny M.
Navarro I.
6-26-1
Kukushkin M.
Cilic M.
7-644-67-66
Hanescu V.
Korolev E.
6-16-2
Elgin M.
Volandri F.
6-46-4
Davydenko N.
Guccione C.
6-46-4
Schuettler R.
Kunitsyn I.
6-26-3
Zverev M.
Serra F.
6-46-2
Safin M.
Stakhovsky S.
6-26-4
Golubev A.
Rochus O.
6-16-4
Hrbaty D.
Tursunov D.
6-16-1
Lejnieks K.
Kudryavtsev A.
3-67-616-3