SF St. Petersburg 2001

Marat Safin #7 def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6

6-7(4) 6-2 6-4

Marat Safin defeated Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6-7(4) 6-2 6-4 in the 2001 St. Petersburg semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatMarat SafinYevgeny Kafelnikov
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
197
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
16
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
56.0%50.0%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
73.3%64.6%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
45.8%58.3%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
92.3%33.3%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
61.2%61.5%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
66.7%7.7%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
38.5%38.8%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
51.7%48.3%
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.
-0.9-0.6
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.
+0.6+0.9

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 2001 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldMarat SafinYevgeny Kafelnikov
Country RUS RUS
Birth dateJan 27, 1980Feb 18, 1974
Age2127
Height193 cm190 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)76
Ranking points (entering)2,5552,915
Elo (entering)1,9131,975
Current career W-L396–249574–281
Current career earnings$14,373,291$23,883,797
Pre-match H2H

Path

Marat Safin's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Goran Ivanisevic #156-3 7-6(0)WH2HMatch dataOct 27, 2001QF
Alberto Martin #416-7(6) 6-4 7-6(6)WH2HMatch dataOct 26, 2001R16
David Prinosil #636-4 6-2WH2HMatch dataOct 25, 2001R32

Marat Safin's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Rainer Schuettler #463-6 6-3 6-3WH2HMatch dataOct 28, 2001F

Yevgeny Kafelnikov's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Fabrice Santoro #196-1 6-4WH2HMatch dataOct 27, 2001QF
Mikhail Youzhny #596-7(1) 7-6(6) 7-5WH2HMatch dataOct 26, 2001R16
Sargis Sargsian #937-6(3) 6-2WH2HMatch dataOct 25, 2001R32