Roger Federer #1 def. Marat Safin #32

7-6(3) 6-4 6-2

Roger Federer defeated Marat Safin 7-6(3) 6-4 6-2 in the 2004 Australian Open final on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Feb 2, 2004*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 2004
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: F
Duration: 2h 15m

Match Statistics

Stat	Roger Federer	Marat Safin
Aces	8	3
Double faults	2	5
First serve %	53	49
First serve points won %	75	63
Second serve points won %	60	47
Break points saved %	33	72
Break points converted %	28	67
Service points won %	68	55
Return points won %	45	32
Total points won %	55	45

Player Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Marat Safin
Country	SUI	RUS
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Jan 27, 1980
Age	22	24
Height	185 cm	193 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	32
Ranking points (entering)	5,225	1,055
Elo (entering)	2,161	1,913
Current career W-L	1,219–272	396–249
Current career earnings	$130,594,339	$14,373,291

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer #1 2 – 1 Marat Safin #32

Path

Roger Federer's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Juan Carlos Ferrero #3	6-4 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 1, 2004	SF
David Nalbandian #8	7-5 6-4 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 30, 2004	QF
Lleyton Hewitt #11	4-6 6-3 6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 28, 2004	R16
Todd Reid #148	6-3 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 25, 2004	R32
Jeff Morrison #156	6-2 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 23, 2004	R64
Alex Bogomolov Jr	6-3 6-4 6-0	W	—	Match data	Jan 21, 2004	R128

Roger Federer's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Marat Safin's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Andre Agassi #4	7-6(6) 7-6(6) 5-7 1-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 1, 2004	SF
Andy Roddick #1	2-6 6-3 7-5 6-7(0) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 30, 2004	QF
James Blake #39	7-6(3) 6-3 6-7(6) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 28, 2004	R16
Todd Martin #66	7-5 1-6 4-6 6-0 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 25, 2004	R32
Jarkko Nieminen #37	7-6(5) 6-4 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 23, 2004	R64
Brian Vahaly #84	6-2 3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 21, 2004	R128