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Marat Safin #4 def. Radek Stepanek #33

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

Match Information

Date	Nov 8, 2004*
Tournament	Paris Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Marat Safin
Score	6-3 7-6(5) 6-3
Loser	Radek Stepanek
Duration	2h 19m

Stat	Marat Safin	Radek Stepanek
Aces	16	11
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	61	54
First serve points won %	77	77
Second serve points won %	59	45
Break points saved %	83	57
Break points converted %	43	17
Service points won %	70	62
Return points won %	38	30
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marat Safin	Radek Stepanek
Country	RUS	CZE
Birth date	Jan 27, 1980	Nov 27, 1978
Age	24	25
Height	193	186
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	33
Ranking points (entering)	2,860	950
Elo (entering)	1,962	1,804
Career W-L	395–247	366–283
Career earnings	$14,373,291	$11,343,464

Pre-match H2H

Marat Safin 0 – 1 Radek Stepanek

Path

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 7, 2004	SF	Guillermo Canas	6-2 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 7, 2004	QF	Lleyton Hewitt	6-4 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 6, 2004	R16	Jurgen Melzer	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 4, 2004	R32	Ivan Ljubicic	6-7(1) 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Marat Safin's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Radek Stepanek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 7, 2004	SF	Max Mirnyi	3-6 7-6(1) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 7, 2004	QF	Mikhail Youzhny	7-6(1) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 6, 2004	R16	Vincent Spadea	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 4, 2004	R32	Victor Hanescu	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 3, 2004	R64	Michael Llodra	7-6(2) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data