Evgeny Korolev vs Marat Safin — Moscow Round of 16

Moscow · ATP · Round of 16
KAZ
Evgeny Korolev
38 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLWWLLLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 19 October 2009
hard
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWWLWL
Korolev E.
6-4 7-6
Safin M.
Korolev E.
6772
Safin M.
464–

Evgeny Korolev defeated Marat Safin 6-4 7-6 in the Moscow round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Marat Safin came in defending last year's final.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Korolev E.serving82% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Safin M.

Safin M.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Korolev E.

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
Korolev E.Safin M.
1st serve in·Even
58%
56%
1st serve points won·Even
71%
75%
2nd serve points won·Even
48%
52%
Service points won·Even
61%
64%
Return points won·Even
37%
36%
Break points saved·Slight edge
56%
62%
Aces / match·Dominant
4.9
9.9
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.2
2.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (81 vs 39). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Korolev E.Safin M.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
45
53
Break points saved·Slight edge
74
83
Break points won·Even
46
47
Deciding sets·Clear edge
45
61
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
66
52

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
Youzhny M.
Tipsarevic J.
6-756-06-4
Semi-finals
Youzhny M.
Kukushkin M.
6-26-1
Tipsarevic J.
Marchenko I.
6-16-4
Quarter-finals
Youzhny M.
Stakhovsky S.
6-36-3
Marchenko I.
Korolev E.
0-66-26-3
Tipsarevic J.
Ginepri R.
6-36-3
Kukushkin M.
Cuevas P.
4-66-16-4
R16
Tipsarevic J.
Rochus C.
6-42-1
Marchenko I.
Golubev A.
6-11-66-4
Ginepri R.
Granollers M.
7-656-0
Kukushkin M.
Odesnik W.
6-36-4
Korolev E.
Safin M.
6-47-64
Stakhovsky S.
Santoro F.
7-56-1
Youzhny M.
Starace P.
6-16-1
Cuevas P.
Gabashvili T.
3-66-16-4
R32
Rochus C.
Gicquel M.
7-5
Stakhovsky S.
Biryukov M.
6-06-2
Granollers M.
Kiefer N.
6-41-0
Marchenko I.
Istomin D.
1-66-44-1
Korolev E.
Kunitsyn I.
7-666-3
Youzhny M.
Zeballos H.
6-17-65
Gabashvili T.
Beck K.
3-66-46-4
Odesnik W.
Hanescu V.
5-77-56-4
Kukushkin M.
Fognini F.
6-45-76-4
Starace P.
Donskoy E.
6-36-3
Tipsarevic J.
Koellerer D.
6-46-3
Santoro F.
Kuznetsov A.
4-66-26-2
Cuevas P.
Lu Y.
6-46-2
Safin M.
Davydenko N.
4-66-46-2
Ginepri R.
Andreev I.
6-36-797-61
Golubev A.
Vassallo Arguello M.
7-56-3