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Dominik Hrbaty #16 def. Marat Safin #2

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

Match Information

Date	Jan 24, 2001*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Dominik Hrbaty
Score	6-2 7-6(6) 6-4
Loser	Marat Safin
Duration	2h 3m

Stat	Dominik Hrbaty	Marat Safin
Aces	7	11
Double faults	0	4
First serve %	49	52
First serve points won %	76	73
Second serve points won %	68	38
Break points saved %	33	62
Break points converted %	38	67
Service points won %	72	56
Return points won %	44	28
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Dominik Hrbaty	Marat Safin
Country	SVK	RUS
Birth date	Jan 4, 1978	Jan 27, 1980
Age	23	20
Height	183	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	16	2
Ranking points (entering)	1,510	4,120
Elo (entering)	1,914	2,074
Career W-L	326–296	395–247
Career earnings	$7,070,095	$14,373,291

Pre-match H2H

Dominik Hrbaty 3 – 3 Marat Safin

Path

Dominik Hrbaty's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2001	R32	Christophe Rochus	6-4 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2001	R64	Francisco Clavet	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2001	R128	Jean-Rene Lisnard	3-6 3-6 6-4 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Dominik Hrbaty's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2001	QF	Patrick Rafter	2-6 7-6(4) 5-7 0-6	L	H2H	Match data

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2001	R32	Michal Tabara	6-1 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2001	R64	Andrei Pavel	4-6 6-3 6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2001	R128	Galo Blanco	6-4 1-6 6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data