R32 Australian Open 2005

Marat Safin #4 def. Mario Ancic #29

6-4 3-6 6-3 6-4

Marat Safin defeated Mario Ancic 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-4 in the 2005 Australian Open round of 32 on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 23, 2005*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 2005
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: R32
Duration: 2h 45m

Match Statistics

Stat	Marat Safin	Mario Ancic
Aces	11	6
Double faults	1	7
First serve %	56.0%	63.0%
First serve points won %	72.0%	76.0%
Second serve points won %	63.0%	45.0%
Break points saved %	60.0%	50.0%
Break points converted %	50.0%	40.0%
Service points won %	68.0%	64.0%
Return points won %	36.0%	32.0%
Total points won %	52.0%	48.0%
Match Serve+	+5.2	+1.8
Match Return+	-1.8	-5.2

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 2005 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

Field	Marat Safin	Mario Ancic
Country	RUS	CRO
Birth date	Jan 27, 1980	Mar 30, 1984
Age	24	20
Height	193 cm	196 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	29
Ranking points (entering)	3,060	1,046
Elo (entering)	1,994	1,749
Current career W-L	396–249	193–125
Current career earnings	$14,373,291	$4,024,686

Pre-match H2H

Marat Safin #4 0 – 0 Mario Ancic #29

Path

Marat Safin's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Bohdan Ulihrach #95	6-4 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 21, 2005	R64
Novak Djokovic #188	6-0 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 2005	R128

Marat Safin's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Olivier Rochus #53	4-6 7-6(1) 7-6(5) 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 26, 2005	R16

Mario Ancic's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Bjorn Phau #123	7-5 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 21, 2005	R64
Oscar Hernandez #82	6-3 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 2005	R128