Roman Safiullin vs Lorenzo SonegoSt. Petersburg Qualifying Round 1

St. Petersburg · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 1
#96ATP
1750ELO
1704Hard ELO
$199kYTD
$4.3MCAREER
28 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWWWLWW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 17 September 2018
hard
#83ATP
1719ELO
1702Hard ELO
$435kYTD
$9.8MCAREER
31 yrs · 191 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WLWWLWLLWL
Safiullin R.
3-6 6-4 7-5
Sonego L.
Safiullin R.
3672
Sonego L.
6451

Roman Safiullin defeated Lorenzo Sonego 3-6 6-4 7-5 in the St. Petersburg qualifying round 1 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Lorenzo Sonego came in ranked #83.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Safiullin R.serving90% hold

wins 70% of points on serve vs Sonego L.

Sonego L.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Safiullin R.

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

Serve & return on hard

Safiullin R.Sonego L.
Serve
41
Return
38

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
1st serve in·Even
63%
67%
1st serve points won·Even
73%
73%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
52%
Service points won·Even
65%
66%
Return points won·Even
38%
34%
Break points saved·Even
62%
64%
Aces / match·Even
6.4
6.1
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.2
2.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 199). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Clutch Rating·Even
68
69
Break points saved·Even
96
99
Break points won·Even
44
45
Deciding sets·Slight edge
76
71
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
78
89

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

Freshness

Recent load
Freshness·Clear edge
84
70

Safiullin R.: 9 days rest · 3 matches (14d) · Sonego L.: 1 day rest · 1 match, 23 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
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