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Roger Federer #1 def. Marat Safin #32

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

Match Information

Date	Feb 2, 2004*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	7-6(3) 6-4 6-2
Loser	Marat Safin
Duration	2h 15m

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

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Marat Safin
Country	SUI	RUS
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Jan 27, 1980
Age	22	24
Height	185	193
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)	2,162	1,894
Career W-L	1,206–267	395–247
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$14,373,291

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 2 – 1 Marat Safin

Path

Roger Federer's path

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

Roger Federer's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Marat Safin's path

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