Marat Safin vs Denis Istomin — St. Petersburg Quarter-final

St. Petersburg · ATP · Quarter-final
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWLWLWL
0 — 0
Sets
Sunday, 25 October 2009
carpet
UZB
Denis Istomin
39 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWWWLLLL
Safin M.
6-0 7-6
Istomin D.
Safin M.
6772
Istomin D.
064–

Marat Safin defeated Denis Istomin 6-0 7-6 in the St. Petersburg quarter-final on carpet. The result followed the form book — Marat Safin came in defending last year's round of 16.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Safin M.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Istomin D.

Istomin D.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.Istomin D.
1st serve in·Slight edge
55%
66%
1st serve points won·Even
74%
70%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
49%
Service points won·Even
64%
63%
Return points won·Even
35%
36%
Break points saved·Even
63%
61%
Aces / match·Dominant
9.8
5.0
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.7
2.1

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Safin M.Istomin D.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
53
29
Break points saved·Slight edge
83
90
Break points won·Dominant
47
5
Deciding sets·Clear edge
61
44
Tiebreaks·Dominant
52
18

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
Stakhovsky S.
Zeballos H.
2-67-687-67
Semi-finals
Stakhovsky S.
Safin M.
6-44-66-4
Zeballos H.
Kunitsyn I.
7-676-3
Quarter-finals
Stakhovsky S.
Phau B.
6-27-5
Kunitsyn I.
Hanescu V.
6-33-67-66
Safin M.
Istomin D.
6-07-64
Zeballos H.
Gulbis E.
7-686-4
R16
Istomin D.
Youzhny M.
6-22-1
Safin M.
Andreev I.
6-30-1
Phau B.
Beck K.
6-42-1
Zeballos H.
Dolgopolov A.
6-36-1
Hanescu V.
Marchenko I.
6-36-4
Stakhovsky S.
Kuznetsov A.
6-16-4
Gulbis E.
Chardy J.
7-676-3
Kunitsyn I.
Elgin M.
6-26-3
R32
Dolgopolov A.
Ginepri R.
6-21-0
Hanescu V.
Gabashvili T.
6-16-2
Marchenko I.
Fognini F.
6-46-1
Elgin M.
Kukushkin M.
6-36-3
Kunitsyn I.
Cuevas P.
6-46-3
Chardy J.
Alexandru Luncanu P.
6-26-2
Gulbis E.
Mayer F.
6-37-63
Zeballos H.
Schukin Y.
7-696-3
Stakhovsky S.
Korolev E.
6-46-3
Kuznetsov A.
Granollers M.
6-747-666-4
Phau B.
Vovk S.
6-36-2
Beck K.
Troicki V.
7-644-66-4
Andreev I.
Starace P.
6-46-2
Safin M.
Gasquet R.
7-656-4
Istomin D.
Schuettler R.
6-46-4
Youzhny M.
Golubev A.
6-36-2