R16 St. Petersburg 2008

Andrey Golubev #150 def. Marat Safin #31

6-4 6-2

Andrey Golubev defeated Marat Safin 6-4 6-2 in the 2008 St. Petersburg round of 16 on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 24, 2008*
Tournament: St. Petersburg
Edition: 2008
Category: International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: R16
Duration: 1h 14m

Match Statistics

Stat	Andrey Golubev	Marat Safin
Aces	7	5
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	53.0%	46.0%
First serve points won %	89.0%	58.0%
Second serve points won %	50.0%	47.0%
Break points saved %	50.0%	60.0%
Break points converted %	40.0%	50.0%
Service points won %	71.0%	52.0%
Return points won %	48.0%	29.0%
Total points won %	57.0%	43.0%
Match Serve+	+7.3	-11.1
Match Return+	+11.1	-7.3

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 2008 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

Field	Andrey Golubev	Marat Safin
Country	KAZ	RUS
Birth date	Jul 22, 1987	Jan 27, 1980
Age	21	28
Height	180 cm	193 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	150	31
Ranking points (entering)	290	1,010
Elo (entering)	1,617	1,812
Current career W-L	51–107	396–249
Current career earnings	$3,355,432	$14,373,291

Pre-match H2H

Andrey Golubev #150 0 – 0 Marat Safin #31

Path

Andrey Golubev's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Olivier Rochus #107	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 23, 2008	R32
Illya Marchenko #209	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 21, 2008	Q3
Andrei Karatchenia #593	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 20, 2008	Q2
Frantisek Cermak #921	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 20, 2008	Q1

Andrey Golubev's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Mischa Zverev #78	6-7(3) 6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 25, 2008	QF

Marat Safin's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Sergiy Stakhovsky #87	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 23, 2008	R32