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
Aces50
Double faults13
First serve %61.0%69.0%
First serve points won %87.0%66.0%
Second serve points won %55.0%53.0%
Break points saved %0.0%50.0%
Break points converted %50.0%100.0%
Service points won %75.0%62.0%
Return points won %38.0%25.0%
Total points won %56.0%44.0%

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