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Marat Safin #4 def. Roger Federer #1

5-7 6-4 5-7 7-6(6) 9-7

Match Information

Date	Jan 30, 2005*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Marat Safin
Score	5-7 6-4 5-7 7-6(6) 9-7
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	4h 28m

Stat	Marat Safin	Roger Federer
Aces	16	22
Double faults	1	8
First serve %	59	57
First serve points won %	74	82
Second serve points won %	52	51
Break points saved %	71	69
Break points converted %	31	29
Service points won %	65	69
Return points won %	31	35
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marat Safin	Roger Federer
Country	RUS	SUI
Birth date	Jan 27, 1980	Aug 8, 1981
Age	25	23
Height	193	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	1
Ranking points (entering)	3,060	6,525
Elo (entering)	2,031	2,324
Career W-L	395–247	1,206–267
Career earnings	$14,373,291	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

Marat Safin 1 – 5 Roger Federer

Path

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2005	QF	Dominik Hrbaty	6-2 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2005	R16	Olivier Rochus	4-6 7-6(1) 7-6(5) 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2005	R32	Mario Ancic	6-4 3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2005	R64	Bohdan Ulihrach	6-4 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2005	R128	Novak Djokovic	6-0 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Marat Safin's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 31, 2005	F	Lleyton Hewitt	1-6 6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2005	QF	Andre Agassi	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2005	R16	Marcos Baghdatis	6-2 6-2 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2005	R32	Jarkko Nieminen	6-3 5-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2005	R64	Takao Suzuki	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2005	R128	Fabrice Santoro	6-1 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data