Roman Safiullin #72 def. Otto Virtanen #111

6-3 7-6(5)

Roman Safiullin defeated Otto Virtanen 6-3 7-6(5) in the 2025 Dubai Tennis Championships second qualifying round on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatRoman SafiullinOtto Virtanen
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
1011
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
42
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
58.0%66.0%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
89.0%70.0%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
52.0%50.0%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
50.0%33.0%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
73.0%63.0%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
67.0%50.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
37.0%27.0%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
54.0%46.0%
Match Serve+This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+8.8-1.2
Match Return+This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+1.2-8.8

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 2025 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldRoman SafiullinOtto Virtanen
Country RUS FIN
Birth dateAug 7, 1997Jun 21, 2001
Age2723
Height185 cm191 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed Backhand—
Ranking (entering)72111
Ranking points (entering)823527
Elo (entering)1,7311,665
Current career W-L63–808–19
Current career earnings$4,944,021$1,810,753
Pre-match H2H
Roman Safiullin #72 0 – 0 Otto Virtanen #111

Path

Roman Safiullin's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Nikoloz Basilashvili #1507-6(1) 3-6 6-3WH2HMatch dataFeb 24, 2025Q1

Roman Safiullin's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Tallon Griekspoor #477-5 6-7(4) 6-7(1)LH2HMatch dataFeb 26, 2025R32

Otto Virtanen's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Mikhail Kukushkin #1396-1 7-5WH2HMatch dataFeb 24, 2025Q1