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Tommy Haas #16 def. Marat Safin #104

4-6 6-3 2-6 6-2 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Sep 6, 2006*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Tommy Haas
Score	4-6 6-3 2-6 6-2 7-6(5)
Loser	Marat Safin
Duration	3h 10m

Stat	Tommy Haas	Marat Safin
Aces	5	9
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	66	53
First serve points won %	67	71
Second serve points won %	50	57
Break points saved %	55	17
Break points converted %	83	45
Service points won %	61	64
Return points won %	36	39
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tommy Haas	Marat Safin
Country	GER	RUS
Birth date	Apr 3, 1978	Jan 27, 1980
Age	28	26
Height	188	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	16	104
Ranking points (entering)	1,525	400
Elo (entering)	1,920	1,845
Career W-L	533–330	395–247
Career earnings	$13,609,987	$14,373,291

Pre-match H2H

Tommy Haas 1 – 2 Marat Safin

Path

Tommy Haas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2006	R32	Robby Ginepri	7-6(1) 6-4 3-6 3-6 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2006	R64	Raemon Sluiter	6-4 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2006	R128	Alex Kuznetsov	6-2 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Tommy Haas's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2006	QF	Nikolay Davydenko	6-4 7-6(3) 3-6 4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2006	R32	Olivier Rochus	6-3 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2006	R64	David Nalbandian	6-3 7-5 2-6 3-6 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2006	R128	Robin Vik	6-1 6-1 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data