Roman Safiullin vs Ze Zhang — Bangkok CH Round of 16

Bangkok CH · CHALLENGER · Round of 16
Roman Safiullin
RUS6
Roman Safiullin
#96ATP
1750ELO
1704Hard ELO
$199kYTD
$4.3MCAREER
28 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWWWLWW
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 13 January 2020
hard
CHN
Ze Zhang
36 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WWLWWLLLWL
Safiullin R.
6-2 6-1
Zhang Z.
Safiullin R.
662
Zhang Z.
210

Roman Safiullin defeated Ze Zhang 6-2 6-1 in the Bangkok CH round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Ze Zhang came in defending last year's round of 16.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Safiullin R.serving81% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Zhang Z.

Zhang Z.serving87% hold

wins 68% of points on serve vs Safiullin R.

Serve advantage — Zhang Z.

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. Small sample — read as indicative. About

Statistics

This season
Safiullin R.Zhang Z.
1st serve in·Slight edge
63%
58%
1st serve points won·Even
73%
77%
2nd serve points won·Clear edge
52%
67%
Service points won·Slight edge
65%
73%
Return points won·Slight edge
38%
43%
Break points saved·Slight edge
62%
67%
Aces / match·Slight edge
6.4
5.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.2
1.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 2). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Safiullin R.Zhang Z.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
68
23
Break points saved·Clear edge
96
77
Break points won·Clear edge
44
32
Deciding sets·Dominant
76
21
Tiebreaks·Dominant
78
11

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

Freshness

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

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

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Final
Balazs A.[2]
Karatsev A.
7-650-67-66
Gaio F.[8]
Haase R.[10]
6-14-64-2
Semi-finals
Balazs A.[2]
Safiullin R.[6]
6-16-747-65
Karatsev A.
Moroni G.[9]
6-26-2
Gaio F.[8]
Popko D.[14]
6-46-3
Haase R.[10]
Grenier H.
7-656-3
Quarter-finals
Karatsev A.
Wu D.
6-26-2
Moroni G.[9]
Arnaboldi A.
6-26-4
Balazs A.[2]
Karlovskiy E.[8]
6-17-5
Safiullin R.[6]
Gojo B.[15]
6-46-4
Grenier H.
Safiullin R.
2-66-46-3
Popko D.[14]
Altmaier D.
6-06-4
Gaio F.[8]
Vesely J.[1]
7-636-3
Haase R.[10]
Ramanathan R.[15]
7-656-2
R16
Gojo B.[15]
Istomin D.[4]
6-36-0
Wu D.
Orlov V.
2-66-46-3
Balazs A.[2]
Aragone J.[14]
6-33-66-4
Moroni G.[9]
Tseng C.
3-66-46-3
Karlovskiy E.[8]
Olivo R.[10]
6-07-63
Arnaboldi A.
Giraldo S.[13]
4-67-626-4
Safiullin R.[6]
Zhang Z.
6-26-1
Karatsev A.
Basic M.
6-43-66-4
Ramanathan R.[15]
Soeda G.[2]
7-57-5
Grenier H.
Polansky P.[13]
3-66-47-64
Safiullin R.
Trongcharoenchaikul W.
6-46-4
Altmaier D.
Karlovskiy E.
7-54-66-3
Gaio F.[8]
Istomin D.[12]
6-46-2
Vesely J.[1]
Van De Zandschulp B.[16]
6-33-66-4
Haase R.[10]
Balazs A.[5]
6-42-1
Popko D.[14]
Mukund S.
7-56-4
R32
Olivo R.[10]
Kovapitukted P.
7-637-64
Karatsev A.
Vesely J.[1]
6-46-706-2
Zhang Z.
Oliveira G.[12]
6-46-2
Giraldo S.[13]
Rawat S.
3-67-656-4
Orlov V.
Brkic T.
6-726-46-1
Balazs A.[2]
Yevseyev D.
6-37-5
Aragone J.[14]
Molcan A.
7-626-1
Karlovskiy E.[8]
Klein L.
7-666-4
Istomin D.[4]
Draper J.
6-46-2
Gojo B.[15]
Nedovyesov A.
6-16-4
Safiullin R.[6]
Peliwo F.
6-26-3
Tseng C.
Jaziri M.[5]
6-36-3
Moroni G.[9]
Durasovic V.
6-47-67
Arnaboldi A.
Haase R.[3]
6-33-66-1
Wu D.
Marchenko I.[7]
6-17-65
Basic M.
Altmaier D.[16]
7-657-5
Mukund S.
Lorenzi P.[3]
6-36-2
Soeda G.[2]
Molcan A.
0-67-646-2
Balazs A.[5]
Baldi F.
6-13-66-4
Grenier H.
Hoang A.[4]
6-03-66-1
Trongcharoenchaikul W.
Marcora R.[11]
3-66-36-4
Safiullin R.
Zhang Z.[6]
3-66-17-65
Karlovskiy E.
Ofner S.[9]
6-36-2
Popko D.[14]
Karatsev A.
4-66-06-4
Gaio F.[8]
Uchida K.
3-67-657-5
Istomin D.[12]
Giraldo S.
6-37-67
Van De Zandschulp B.[16]
Yevseyev D.
7-651-66-4
Vesely J.[1]
Kolar Z.
6-43-66-3
Ramanathan R.[15]
Aragone J.
7-651-0
Altmaier D.
Klizan M.[7]
6-36-3
Haase R.[10]
Olivo R.
6-36-3
Polansky P.[13]
Sekiguchi S.
6-37-5
R64
Orlov V.
Ignatik U.
3-67-652-0
Tseng C.
Samrej K.
6-16-2
Molcan A.
De Greef A.
6-26-2
Kovapitukted P.
Celikbilek A.
2-66-26-1
Draper J.
Chung Y.
7-656-3
Basic M.
Trongcharoenchaikul W.
6-46-2
Klein L.
Uchida K.
6-13-66-1
Zhang Z.
Yang T.
6-36-4
Yevseyev D.
Rodionov J.
6-26-3
Nedovyesov A.
Mathayomchand M.
6-36-0
Peliwo F.
Escobar G.
7-53-66-4
Durasovic V.
Pellegrino A.
2-66-36-2
Rawat S.
Doumbia S.
6-26-4
Arnaboldi A.
Ilkel C.
3-66-47-5
Wu D.
King E.
6-36-2
Karatsev A.
Congcar C.
6-06-0
Giraldo S.
Oliveira G.
6-04-1
Sekiguchi S.
Galovic V.
6-33-0
Safiullin R.
Bai Y.
6-10-1
Molcan A.
Marchenko I.
2-67-56-4
Aragone J.
Gojo B.
7-646-2
Olivo R.
Basic M.
6-36-1
Baldi F.
Peliwo F.
7-56-4
Karlovskiy E.
Mathayomchand M.
6-36-2
Karatsev A.
Kuhn N.
6-06-746-1
Mukund S.
Lee D.
6-16-3
Yevseyev D.
Kovapitukted P.
6-36-1
Kolar Z.
Chanta T.
7-636-0
Trongcharoenchaikul W.
Moroni G.
5-77-641-0
Grenier H.
De Greef A.
6-16-4
Uchida K.
Samrej K.
6-46-3
Altmaier D.
Jaziri M.
6-26-1