Zhe Li vs Roman Safiullin — Shenzhen CH Quarter-final

Shenzhen CH · CHALLENGER · Quarter-final
CHN
Zhe Li
#1964ATP
39 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WWLWLWWLWW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 28 October 2019
hard
Roman Safiullin
RUS
Roman Safiullin
#96ATP
1750ELO
1704Hard ELO
$199kYTD
$4.3MCAREER
28 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWWWLWW
Li Z.
6-7 6-1 7-5
Safiullin R.
Li Z.
65672
Safiullin R.
77151

Zhe Li defeated Roman Safiullin 6-7 6-1 7-5 in the Shenzhen CH quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Roman Safiullin came in ranked #96.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Li Z.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Safiullin R.

Safiullin R.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Li Z.

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
Li Z.Safiullin R.
1st serve in·Even
64%
63%
1st serve points won·Even
70%
73%
2nd serve points won·Even
54%
52%
Service points won·Even
64%
65%
Return points won·Even
37%
38%
Break points saved·Even
60%
62%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.7
6.4
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.2
3.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (102 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Li Z.Safiullin R.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
23
68
Break points saved·Dominant
58
96
Break points won·Dominant
18
44
Deciding sets·Dominant
44
76
Tiebreaks·Dominant
31
78

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

Freshness

Recent load
Li Z.Safiullin R.
Freshness·
—
84

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Final
Baghdatis M.[2]
Napolitano S.
6-23-66-4
Zhang Z.[8]
Li Z.
6-34-66-1
Semi-finals
Baghdatis M.[2]
Crepatte B.
6-46-2
Napolitano S.
Schnur B.[1]
6-36-4
Zhang Z.[8]
Ferreira Silva F.[13]
6-14-1
Li Z.
Safwat M.[15]
6-46-2
Quarter-finals
Schnur B.[1]
Lee D.
6-44-67-5
Baghdatis M.[2]
Kwon S.[5]
6-43-66-3
Crepatte B.
Polmans M.
6-36-1
Napolitano S.
Lopez Perez E.
6-46-4
Safwat M.[15]
Yevseyev D.
7-56-2
Ferreira Silva F.[13]
Jung J.[5]
7-654-66-4
Zhang Z.[8]
Soeda G.[4]
7-606-4
Li Z.
Safiullin R.
6-756-17-5
R16
Kwon S.[5]
Purcell M.
6-36-3
Polmans M.
Bourgue M.
6-7126-47-66
Crepatte B.
Otte O.[3]
6-44-66-4
Baghdatis M.[2]
Nedovyesov A.[14]
6-36-2
Napolitano S.
Chung Y.
5-76-27-64
Lopez Perez E.
Rola B.[15]
3-66-36-4
Lee D.
Li Z.
6-36-3
Schnur B.[1]
Giustino L.[13]
4-67-56-2
Zhang Z.[8]
Gojo B.
6-22-1
Ferreira Silva F.[13]
Tseng C.
6-756-36-4
Jung J.[5]
Wu T.
7-626-4
Soeda G.[4]
Bai Y.[16]
4-66-36-3
Safwat M.[15]
Kwon S.[1]
6-47-66
Li Z.
Lopez Perez E.[9]
6-36-3
Safiullin R.
Sugita Y.[3]
2-67-56-3
Yevseyev D.
Gabashvili T.
6-45-77-64
R32
Purcell M.
Moraing M.[12]
4-3
Chung Y.
Molleker R.[9]
6-46-1
Giustino L.[13]
Barranco Cosano J.
6-36-4
Li Z.
Sela D.[11]
2-4
Kwon S.[5]
Ignatik U.
6-37-5
Otte O.[3]
Banes M.
6-26-2
Schnur B.[1]
Hernandez J.
3-66-06-4
Lopez Perez E.
Duckworth J.[4]
6-46-2
Nedovyesov A.[14]
Galovic V.
6-46-4
Lee D.
Sugita Y.[7]
6-36-4
Rola B.[15]
Soeda G.
6-46-3
Baghdatis M.[2]
Mukund S.
6-47-5
Crepatte B.
Zhang Z.[16]
7-676-4
Polmans M.
Davidovich Fokina A.[10]
6-32-66-3
Bourgue M.
Moriya H.[6]
6-16-1
Napolitano S.
Ward J.[8]
6-47-5
Gojo B.
Reboul F.
7-657-67
Li Z.
Jaziri M.[7]
4-66-45-0
Jung J.[5]
Santanna B.
6-46-3
Soeda G.[4]
Kravchuk K.
6-746-47-5
Gabashvili T.
Eubanks C.[12]
7-56-2
Tseng C.
Matsui T.
7-632-1
Safiullin R.
Istomin D.[14]
4-67-52-0
Kwon S.[1]
Lee D.
6-26-2
Bai Y.[16]
Sultanov K.
6-37-5
Wu T.
Ramanathan R.[10]
6-37-66
Ferreira Silva F.[13]
Yang T.
6-36-0
Zhang Z.[8]
Oliveira G.
6-06-1
Lopez Perez E.[9]
Forejtek J.
6-16-4
Sugita Y.[3]
Sun F.
7-56-2
Yevseyev D.
Diez S.[6]
6-36-2
Safwat M.[15]
Nedelko I.
7-636-1
R64
Purcell M.
Clezar G.
7-637-63
Galovic V.
Tiurnev E.
7-54-66-3
Napolitano S.
Wu Y.
6-46-4
Chung Y.
Safwat M.
6-36-1
Banes M.
Wu D.
6-36-4
Polmans M.
Maamoun K.
7-54-66-3
Lee D.
Xia Z.
6-36-1
Mukund S.
He Y.
6-36-2
Crepatte B.
Karlovskiy E.
6-36-4
Bourgue M.
Peliwo F.
6-16-3
Soeda G.
Brancaccio R.
7-656-3
Lopez Perez E.
Sinclair C.
6-26-4
Li Z.
Zhang Z.
6-26-3
Barranco Cosano J.
Cachin P.
6-46-4
Hernandez J.
Myneni S.
6-27-65
Ignatik U.
Serdarusic N.
6-26-4
Kravchuk K.
Mo Y.
6-46-0
Sun F.
Sabanov M.
6-46-4
Gabashvili T.
Li Y.
6-36-2
Yevseyev D.
Wang C.
6-06-1
Safiullin R.
Kalenichenko D.
7-606-4
Nedelko I.
Doumbia S.
6-36-3
Santanna B.
Gao X.
6-46-2
Tseng C.
Wu D.
6-16-776-3
Yang T.
Duan J.
6-36-1
Sultanov K.
Rawat S.
6-26-2
Oliveira G.
Cui J.
6-766-16-4
Li Z.
Nam J.
6-26-1
Wu T.
Barrientos N.
6-37-5
Gojo B.
Van Rijthoven T.
6-37-65
Forejtek J.
Chung Y.
6-46-3
Lee D.
Uchida K.
7-56-1