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Roman Safiullin #72 def. Otto Virtanen #111

6-3 7-6

Match Information

Date	Feb 24, 2025*
Tournament	Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	Q2
Winner	Roman Safiullin
Score	6-3 7-6
Loser	Otto Virtanen
Duration	1h 31m

Stat	Roman Safiullin	Otto Virtanen
Aces	10	11
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	58	66
First serve points won %	89	70
Second serve points won %	52	50
Break points saved %	50	33
Break points converted %	67	50
Service points won %	73	63
Return points won %	37	27
Total points won %	54	46
Serve rating	295	275
Return rating	167	118

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roman Safiullin	Otto Virtanen
Country	RUS	FIN
Birth date	Aug 7, 1997	Jun 21, 2001
Age	27	23
Height	185	191
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	72	111
Ranking points (entering)	823	527
Elo (entering)	1,715	1,666
Career W-L	56–74	8–18
Career earnings	$4,283,728	$1,482,940

Pre-match H2H

Roman Safiullin 0 – 0 Otto Virtanen

Path

Roman Safiullin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 24, 2025	Q1	Nikoloz Basilashvili	7-6 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Roman Safiullin's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 2025	R32	Tallon Griekspoor	7-5 6-7 6-7	L	H2H	Match data

Otto Virtanen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 24, 2025	Q1	Mikhail Kukushkin	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data