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Marat Safin #40 def. Nikolay Davydenko #5

7-6(5) 4-6 6-4

Match Information

Date Oct 11, 2008*
Tournament Moscow
Category ATP 250
Surface Hard
RoundQF
Winner Marat Safin
Score7-6(5) 4-6 6-4
Loser Nikolay Davydenko
Duration2h 27m
StatMarat SafinNikolay Davydenko
Aces173
Double faults36
First serve %6556
First serve points won %7174
Second serve points won %5150
Break points saved %5767
Break points converted %3343
Service points won %6463
Return points won %3736
Total points won %5050

Pre-match Comparison

FieldMarat SafinNikolay Davydenko
Country RUS RUS
Birth dateJan 27, 1980Jun 2, 1981
Age2827
Height193178
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)405
Ranking points (entering)8652,400
Elo (entering)1,8051,953
Career W-L395–247467–324
Career earnings$14,373,291$16,186,480
Pre-match H2H
Marat Safin 2 4 Nikolay Davydenko

Path

Marat Safin's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 10, 2008R16 Julien Benneteau 6-4 0-6 6-2WH2HMatch data
Oct 9, 2008R32 Noam Okun 7-6(5) 3-6 6-4WH2HMatch data

Marat Safin's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 11, 2008SF Mischa Zverev (w/o)WH2HMatch data

Nikolay Davydenko's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 10, 2008R16 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-1 6-1WH2HMatch data
Oct 9, 2008R32 Florent Serra 6-1 7-5WH2HMatch data