SF St. Petersburg 2000

Marat Safin #3 def. Jonas Bjorkman #49

6-4 6-4

Marat Safin defeated Jonas Bjorkman 6-4 6-4 in the 2000 St. Petersburg semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatMarat SafinJonas Bjorkman
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
50
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
13
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
60.8%69.1%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
87.1%65.8%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
55.0%52.9%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
0.0%50.0%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
74.5%61.8%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
50.0%100.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
38.2%25.5%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
55.7%44.3%
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.
+12.3-0.4
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.
+0.4-12.3

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 2000 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldMarat SafinJonas Bjorkman
Country RUS SWE
Birth dateJan 27, 1980Mar 23, 1972
Age2028
Height193 cm183 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)349
Ranking points (entering)3,380762
Elo (entering)1,9941,786
Current career W-L396–249395–344
Current career earnings$14,373,291$14,610,671
Pre-match H2H
Marat Safin #3 2 – 0 Jonas Bjorkman #49

Path

Marat Safin's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Rainer Schuettler #576-4 1-6 6-3WH2HMatch dataNov 11, 2000QF
Chris Woodruff #836-3 6-1WH2HMatch dataNov 10, 2000R16
Igor Kornienko #6937-6(7) 6-1WH2HMatch dataNov 9, 2000R32

Marat Safin's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Dominik Hrbaty #222-6 6-4 6-4WH2HMatch dataNov 12, 2000F

Jonas Bjorkman's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Jared Palmer #7616-1 6-3WH2HMatch dataNov 11, 2000QF
Andrei Stoliarov #1186-4 6-3WH2HMatch dataNov 10, 2000R16
Albert Portas #506-2 6-2WH2HMatch dataNov 9, 2000R32