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V. Voltchkov #99 def. Marat Safin #3

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 25, 2002*
Tournament	St. Petersburg
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	V. Voltchkov
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Marat Safin
Duration	1h 16m

Stat	V. Voltchkov	Marat Safin
Aces	9	7
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	56	47
First serve points won %	86	81
Second serve points won %	65	43
Break points saved %	67	57
Break points converted %	43	33
Service points won %	77	61
Return points won %	39	23
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	V. Voltchkov	Marat Safin
Country	BLR	RUS
Birth date	—	Jan 27, 1980
Age	—	22
Height	180	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	99	3
Ranking points (entering)	401	2,620
Elo (entering)	1,636	1,863
Career W-L	50–68	395–247
Career earnings	$1,315,133	$14,373,291

Pre-match H2H

V. Voltchkov 0 – 1 Marat Safin

Path

V. Voltchkov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 24, 2002	R32	Mikhail Elgin	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

V. Voltchkov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 2002	QF	Nicolas Kiefer	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 24, 2002	R32	Cyril Saulnier	7-6(5) 6-7(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data