Sergiy Stakhovsky vs Marat Safin — St. Petersburg Semi-final

St. Petersburg · ATP · Semi-final
UKR
Sergiy Stakhovsky
40 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWWWLLW
2 — 1
Sets
Sunday, 25 October 2009
carpet
RUS
Marat Safin
46 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWLWLWL
Stakhovsky S.
6-4 4-6 6-4
Safin M.
Stakhovsky S.
6462
Safin M.
4641

Sergiy Stakhovsky defeated Marat Safin 6-4 4-6 6-4 in the St. Petersburg semi-final on carpet. The upset overturned the form book — Marat Safin came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's round of 16. Sergiy Stakhovsky claimed a first win over Marat Safin in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Sergiy Stakhovsky edged a tight contest from start to finish — 6–4 4–6 6–4.

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2008-10-20St. PetersburgR32carpetMarat Safin6-2 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Stakhovsky S.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Safin M.

Safin M.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Stakhovsky S.

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
Stakhovsky S.Safin M.
1st serve in·Even
60%
56%
1st serve points won·Even
74%
74%
2nd serve points won·Even
48%
51%
Service points won·Even
64%
64%
Return points won·Even
36%
36%
Break points saved·Even
59%
63%
Aces / match·Clear edge
7.3
9.8
Double faults / match·Even
2.8
2.7

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Stakhovsky S.Safin M.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
41
53
Break points saved·Slight edge
88
83
Break points won·Dominant
3
47
Deciding sets·Even
57
61
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
59
52

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