SF St. Petersburg 2009

Sergiy Stakhovsky #93 def. Marat Safin #77

6-4 4-6 6-4

Sergiy Stakhovsky defeated Marat Safin 6-4 4-6 6-4 in the 2009 St. Petersburg semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatSergiy StakhovskyMarat Safin
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
710
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
33
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
69.4%55.6%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
72.1%80.0%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
46.7%56.2%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
66.7%25.0%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
64.3%69.4%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
75.0%33.3%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
30.6%35.7%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
50.0%50.0%
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.
+0.9+6.0
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.
-6.0-0.9

* 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

FieldSergiy StakhovskyMarat Safin
Country UKR RUS
Birth dateJan 6, 1986Jan 27, 1980
Age2329
Height193 cm193 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)9377
Ranking points (entering)559615
Elo (entering)1,7301,787
Current career W-L145–196396–249
Current career earnings$5,606,768$14,373,291
Pre-match H2H
Sergiy Stakhovsky #93 0 – 1 Marat Safin #77

Path

Sergiy Stakhovsky's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Bjorn Phau #1106-2 7-5WH2HMatch dataOct 30, 2009QF
Andrey Kuznetsov #4146-1 6-4WH2HMatch dataOct 29, 2009R16
Evgeny Korolev #506-4 6-3WH2HMatch dataOct 28, 2009R32
Sergei Bubka #2677-6(9) 6-2WH2HMatch dataOct 26, 2009Q3
Filip Polasek 6-4 2-1 (ret.)WH2HMatch dataOct 25, 2009Q2
Mikhail Balmashev #12766-0 6-0WH2HMatch dataOct 25, 2009Q1

Sergiy Stakhovsky's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Horacio Zeballos #542-6 7-6(8) 7-6(7)WH2HMatch dataOct 31, 2009F

Marat Safin's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Denis Istomin #1016-0 7-6(4)WH2HMatch dataOct 30, 2009QF
Igor Andreev #386-3 0-1 (ret.)WH2HMatch dataOct 29, 2009R16
Richard Gasquet #697-6(5) 6-4WH2HMatch dataOct 28, 2009R32