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Roman Safiullin #71 def. Alexei Popyrin #26

6-7 6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	Mar 22, 2025*
Tournament	Miami Open Presented by Itau
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Roman Safiullin
Score	6-7 6-3 7-5
Loser	Alexei Popyrin
Duration	2h 34m

Stat	Roman Safiullin	Alexei Popyrin
Aces	7	20
Double faults	4	5
First serve %	65	63
First serve points won %	85	77
Second serve points won %	48	43
Break points saved %	50	67
Break points converted %	33	50
Service points won %	72	65
Return points won %	35	28
Total points won %	52	48
Serve rating	294	274
Return rating	136	123

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roman Safiullin	Alexei Popyrin
Country	RUS	AUS
Birth date	Aug 7, 1997	Aug 5, 1999
Age	27	25
Height	185	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	71	26
Ranking points (entering)	851	1,800
Elo (entering)	1,751	1,834
Career W-L	56–74	113–148
Career earnings	$4,283,728	$9,660,664

Pre-match H2H

Roman Safiullin 3 – 1 Alexei Popyrin

Path

Roman Safiullin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 21, 2025	R128	Jenson Brooksby	6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Roman Safiullin's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 24, 2025	R32	Jakub Mensik	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Alexei Popyrin's path

No prior matches in this tournament.