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Arnaud Clement #57 def. Marat Safin #92

7-6(5) 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Aug 5, 2006*
Tournament	Washington
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Arnaud Clement
Score	7-6(5) 7-6(4)
Loser	Marat Safin
Duration	2h 2m

Stat	Arnaud Clement	Marat Safin
Aces	4	9
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	61	58
First serve points won %	80	69
Second serve points won %	66	50
Break points saved %	60	78
Break points converted %	22	40
Service points won %	74	61
Return points won %	39	26
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arnaud Clement	Marat Safin
Country	FRA	RUS
Birth date	Dec 17, 1977	Jan 27, 1980
Age	28	26
Height	173	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	57	92
Ranking points (entering)	677	440
Elo (entering)	1,776	1,820
Career W-L	300–313	395–247
Career earnings	$7,125,228	$14,373,291

Pre-match H2H

Arnaud Clement 0 – 1 Marat Safin

Path

Arnaud Clement's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 5, 2006	QF	Lleyton Hewitt	7-6(1) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 4, 2006	R16	Dominik Hrbaty	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 3, 2006	R32	Ryan Sweeting	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Arnaud Clement's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 2006	F	Andy Murray	7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 5, 2006	QF	Wesley Moodie	7-6(5) 7-6(9)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 4, 2006	R16	James Blake	7-6(6) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 3, 2006	R32	Nicolas Mahut	6-3 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 2006	R64	Igor Kunitsyn	6-3 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data