Tommy Haas vs Marat Safin — Los Angeles Quarter-final

Los Angeles · ATP · Quarter-final
GER
Tommy Haas
48 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLWWLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 27 July 2009
hard
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWLW
Haas T.
7-6 6-2
Safin M.
Haas T.
7762
Safin M.
632–

Tommy Haas defeated Marat Safin 7-6 6-2 in the Los Angeles quarter-final on hard. The result followed the form book — Tommy Haas came in leading the head-to-head 4–2, defending last year's round of 32. Tommy Haas extended the head-to-head to 5–2.

Key context

  • Match story: Tommy Haas closed it out in two sets, 7–6 6–2.

Head to head

4–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2006-10-30Paris MastersQFhardTommy Haas7-6(1) 3-6 6-3
2006-08-28US OpenR16hardTommy Haas4-6 6-3 2-6 6-2 7-6(5)
2002-01-14Australian OpenSFhardMarat Safin6-7(5) 7-6(4) 3-6 6-0 6-2
2000-05-29Roland GarrosR32clayMarat Safin7-6(2) 6-3 6-3
1999-04-19Monte Carlo MastersR64clayTommy Haas6-4 6-2
1999-04-02Davis Cup WG R1: GER vs RUSRRcarpetTommy Haas6-7(4) 6-4 6-3 2-6 9-7

Serve vs return

This season
Haas T.serving88% hold

wins 68% of points on serve vs Safin M.

Safin M.serving88% hold

wins 68% of points on serve vs Haas T.

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
Haas T.Safin M.
1st serve in·Slight edge
61%
56%
1st serve points won·Even
73%
75%
2nd serve points won·Even
53%
52%
Service points won·Even
65%
65%
Return points won·Even
36%
36%
Break points saved·Even
63%
61%
Aces / match·Dominant
6.0
10.0
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.5
2.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 39). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Haas T.Safin M.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
64
53
Break points saved·Slight edge
94
83
Break points won·Clear edge
35
47
Deciding sets·Clear edge
74
61
Tiebreaks·Dominant
87
52

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

Draw

Final
Querrey S.
Ball C.
6-43-66-1
Semi-finals
Querrey S.
Haas T.
6-37-5
Ball C.
Mayer L.
7-57-63
Quarter-finals
Mayer L.
Fish M.
W/O
Ball C.
Isner J.
6-46-4
Querrey S.
Sela D.
6-37-5
Haas T.
Safin M.
7-636-2
R16
Ball C.
Tursunov D.
6-40-1
Safin M.
Gulbis E.
2-66-36-4
Haas T.
Levine J.
6-16-3
Fish M.
Guccione C.
6-737-6126-4
Mayer L.
Kunitsyn I.
7-656-776-3
Isner J.
Baghdatis M.
6-37-611
Querrey S.
Sweeting R.
6-36-756-3
Sela D.
Kendrick R.
6-43-66-1
R32
Isner J.
Becker B.
7-687-63
Mayer L.
Ouanna J.
6-26-3
Guccione C.
Kim K.
6-16-4
Kunitsyn I.
Devvarman S.
7-56-2
Ball C.
Gicquel M.
6-27-66
Levine J.
Reynolds B.
6-26-3
Gulbis E.
Lu Y.
7-56-2
Safin M.
Ginepri R.
3-66-36-4
Kendrick R.
Spadea V.
6-06-0
Sweeting R.
Dent T.
6-42-66-3
Querrey S.
Istomin D.
6-26-0
Baghdatis M.
Dancevic F.
7-636-3