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Roman Safiullin #61 def. Frances Tiafoe #17

5-7 7-5 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Oct 7, 2024*
Tournament	Shanghai Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Roman Safiullin
Score	5-7 7-5 7-6(5)
Loser	Frances Tiafoe
Duration	3h 4m

Stat	Roman Safiullin	Frances Tiafoe
Aces	17	6
Double faults	4	1
First serve %	69	65
First serve points won %	79	68
Second serve points won %	32	58
Break points saved %	70	67
Break points converted %	33	30
Service points won %	64	65
Return points won %	35	36
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roman Safiullin	Frances Tiafoe
Country	RUS	USA
Birth date	Aug 7, 1997	Jan 20, 1998
Age	27	26
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	61	17
Ranking points (entering)	853	2,560
Elo (entering)	1,763	1,966
Career W-L	56–74	254–211
Career earnings	$4,283,728	$17,770,097

Pre-match H2H

Roman Safiullin 0 – 0 Frances Tiafoe

Path

Roman Safiullin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 5, 2024	R64	Alexander Bublik	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 2024	R128	Beibit Zhukayev	7-6(0) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Roman Safiullin's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 2024	R16	Novak Djokovic	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Frances Tiafoe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 5, 2024	R64	Yi Zhou	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data