R32 Australian Open 2009

Roger Federer #2 def. Marat Safin #27

6-3 6-2 7-6(5)

Roger Federer defeated Marat Safin 6-3 6-2 7-6(5) in the 2009 Australian Open third round on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatRoger FedererMarat Safin
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
914
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
12
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
60.7%50.0%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
85.2%68.2%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
62.9%54.5%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
—25.0%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
76.4%61.4%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
75.0%—
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
38.6%23.6%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
57.6%42.4%
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.
+13.0-2.1
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.
+2.1-13.0

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 2009 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldRoger FedererMarat Safin
Country SUI RUS
Birth dateAug 8, 1981Jan 27, 1980
Age2728
Height185 cm193 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleOne-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)227
Ranking points (entering)10,7002,050
Elo (entering)2,2081,795
Current career W-L1,219–272396–249
Current career earnings$130,594,339$14,373,291
Pre-match H2H
Roger Federer #2 8 – 2 Marat Safin #27

Path

Roger Federer's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Evgeny Korolev #1186-2 6-3 6-1WH2HMatch dataJan 22, 2009R64
Andreas Seppi #356-1 7-6(4) 7-5WH2HMatch dataJan 21, 2009R128

Roger Federer's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Tomas Berdych #214-6 6-7(4) 6-4 6-4 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 27, 2009R16

Marat Safin's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez #627-5 6-2 6-2WH2HMatch dataJan 22, 2009R64
Ivan Navarro #746-3 6-3 6-4WH2HMatch dataJan 21, 2009R128