James Ward vs Roman Safiullin — Chengdu CH Quarter-final

Chengdu CH · CHALLENGER · Quarter-final
GBR
James Ward
39 yrs · 190 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLLLLWW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 30 July 2018
hard
Roman Safiullin
RUS
Roman Safiullin
#96ATP
1750ELO
1704Hard ELO
$199kYTD
$4.3MCAREER
28 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWWWLWW
Ward J.
6-2 4-6 6-3
Safiullin R.
Ward J.
6462
Safiullin R.
2631

James Ward defeated Roman Safiullin 6-2 4-6 6-3 in the Chengdu CH quarter-final on hard. The result followed the form book — James Ward came in defending last year's quarter-final.

Key context

  • Match story: James Ward closed it out in three sets, 6–2 4–6 6–3.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Ward J.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Safiullin R.

Safiullin R.serving89% hold

wins 69% of points on serve vs Ward J.

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
Ward J.Safiullin R.
1st serve in·Even
60%
63%
1st serve points won·Even
73%
73%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
52%
Service points won·Even
64%
65%
Return points won·Even
35%
38%
Break points saved·Slight edge
67%
62%
Aces / match·Clear edge
8.6
6.4
Double faults / match·Even
3.4
3.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (115 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Ward J.Safiullin R.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
29
68
Break points saved·Slight edge
86
96
Break points won·Dominant
6
44
Deciding sets·Dominant
36
76
Tiebreaks·Dominant
39
78

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

Freshness

Recent load
Ward J.Safiullin R.
Freshness·
—
84

Safiullin R.: 9 days rest · 3 matches (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Final
Zhang Z.
Laaksonen H.[1]
2-65-2
Semi-finals
Laaksonen H.[1]
Ward J.
2-66-46-1
Zhang Z.
Santillan A.
6-47-66
Quarter-finals
Laaksonen H.[1]
Wu Y.
6-736-26-3
Santillan A.
Yevseyev D.
7-56-2
Ward J.
Safiullin R.
6-24-66-3
Zhang Z.
Ito T.[5]
6-43-0
R16
Ito T.[5]
Niesten M.
6-46-1
Wu Y.
Krstin P.[7]
6-746-46-4
Ward J.
Lee D.
4-67-56-3
Zhang Z.
Bublik A.[4]
4-66-46-2
Safiullin R.
Zhang Z.
4-66-46-1
Yevseyev D.
Popyrin A.
6-17-65
Laaksonen H.[1]
Wang T.
6-45-77-64
Santillan A.
Xia Z.
3-66-27-5
R32
Safiullin R.
Ellis B.
6-37-63
Zhang Z.
Wu D.
7-56-2
Lee D.
Milojevic N.[3]
6-46-4
Wang T.
Tokuda R.
6-26-2
Laaksonen H.[1]
Te R.
6-32-67-62
Wu Y.
Gao X.
6-06-1
Santillan A.
Heliovaara H.
6-717-57-62
Bublik A.[4]
Ochi M.
6-27-5
Popyrin A.
Moriya H.[6]
4-67-656-4
Krstin P.[7]
Li Z.
6-36-4
Niesten M.
Kadhe A.
6-26-4
Ward J.
Takahashi Y.
6-36-3
Xia Z.
Soeda G.[2]
7-626-3
Ito T.[5]
Petrovic D.
7-657-63
Yevseyev D.
Banes M.
7-56-1
Zhang Z.
Yang T.[8]
6-46-4