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Marat Safin #7 def. Sebastien Grosjean #28

6-4 7-6(3) 1-6 3-6 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date Sep 3, 2000*
Tournament US Open
Category Grand Slam
Surface Hard
RoundR32
Winner Marat Safin
Score6-4 7-6(3) 1-6 3-6 7-6(5)
Loser Sebastien Grosjean
Duration3h 25m
StatMarat SafinSebastien Grosjean
Aces2510
Double faults43
First serve %5360
First serve points won %7985
Second serve points won %4853
Break points saved %6275
Break points converted %2538
Service points won %6472
Return points won %2836
Total points won %4852

Pre-match Comparison

FieldMarat SafinSebastien Grosjean
Country RUS FRA
Birth dateJan 27, 1980May 29, 1978
Age2022
Height193175
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)728
Ranking points (entering)2,4421,028
Elo (entering)1,9661,833
Career W-L395–247320–236
Career earnings$14,373,291$8,131,803
Pre-match H2H
Marat Safin 1 1 Sebastien Grosjean

Path

Marat Safin's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 1, 2000R64 Gianluca Pozzi 6-3 3-6 6-3 3-6 6-4WH2HMatch data
Aug 30, 2000R128 Thierry Guardiola 7-5 6-7(5) 6-4 6-4WH2HMatch data

Marat Safin's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 6, 2000R16 Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-1 6-2 6-2WH2HMatch data

Sebastien Grosjean's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 1, 2000R64 Stefan Koubek 6-2 6-2 4-6 6-2WH2HMatch data
Aug 30, 2000R128 Kevin Kim 6-3 6-2 6-4WH2HMatch data