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Marat Safin #33 def. Greg Rusedski #9

6-4 7-6(11)

Match Information

Date	Aug 29, 1999*
Tournament	Boston
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Marat Safin
Score	6-4 7-6(11)
Loser	Greg Rusedski
Duration	1h 21m

Stat	Marat Safin	Greg Rusedski
Aces	16	6
Double faults	7	2
First serve %	55	70
First serve points won %	86	76
Second serve points won %	63	64
Break points saved %	—	50
Break points converted %	50	—
Service points won %	75	73
Return points won %	27	25
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marat Safin	Greg Rusedski
Country	RUS	GBR
Birth date	Jan 27, 1980	Sep 6, 1973
Age	19	25
Height	193	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	33	9
Ranking points (entering)	1,136	2,289
Elo (entering)	1,771	1,888
Career W-L	395–247	415–276
Career earnings	$14,373,291	$8,944,841

Pre-match H2H

Marat Safin 0 – 0 Greg Rusedski

Path

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1999	SF	Sjeng Schalken	5-7 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1999	QF	David Prinosil	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1999	R16	Bob Bryan	6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 26, 1999	R32	Gianluca Pozzi	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Marat Safin's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Greg Rusedski's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1999	SF	Arnaud Clement	6-4 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 1999	QF	Jonas Bjorkman	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 1999	R16	Solon Peppas	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 26, 1999	R32	Kenneth Carlsen	6-7(3) 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data