QF Paris Masters 2004

Marat Safin #7 def. Lleyton Hewitt #3

6-4 7-6(2)

Marat Safin defeated Lleyton Hewitt 6-4 7-6(2) in the 2004 Paris Masters quarterfinal on carpet courts.

Match Information

Date: Nov 7, 2004*
Tournament: Paris Masters
Edition: 2004
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Carpet
Round: QF
Duration: 1h 40m

Match Statistics

Stat	Marat Safin	Lleyton Hewitt
Aces	10	2
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	58.0%	45.0%
First serve points won %	80.0%	77.0%
Second serve points won %	52.0%	50.0%
Break points saved %	83.0%	0.0%
Break points converted %	100.0%	17.0%
Service points won %	68.0%	62.0%
Return points won %	38.0%	32.0%
Total points won %	54.0%	46.0%
Match Serve+	+5.3	-0.9
Match Return+	+0.9	-5.3

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 2004 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

Field	Marat Safin	Lleyton Hewitt
Country	RUS	AUS
Birth date	Jan 27, 1980	Feb 24, 1981
Age	24	23
Height	193 cm	178 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	3
Ranking points (entering)	2,385	3,165
Elo (entering)	1,923	2,080
Current career W-L	396–249	567–244
Current career earnings	$14,373,291	$20,890,470

Pre-match H2H

Marat Safin #7 4 – 3 Lleyton Hewitt #3

Path

Marat Safin's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jurgen Melzer #43	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Nov 6, 2004	R16
Ivan Ljubicic #23	6-7(1) 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Nov 4, 2004	R32

Marat Safin's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Guillermo Canas #14	6-2 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data	Nov 7, 2004	SF

Lleyton Hewitt's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Nicolas Massu #16	4-3 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Nov 6, 2004	R16
Gael Monfils #284	6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data	Nov 4, 2004	R32