QF St. Petersburg 2009

Marat Safin #77 def. Denis Istomin #101

6-0 7-6(4)

Marat Safin defeated Denis Istomin 6-0 7-6(4) in the 2009 St. Petersburg quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatMarat SafinDenis Istomin
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
124
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
10
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
60.8%72.4%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
83.9%58.2%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
50.0%33.3%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
0.0%66.7%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
70.6%51.3%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
33.3%100.0%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
48.7%29.4%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
57.5%42.5%
Match Serve+This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+7.2-12.1
Match Return+This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+12.1-7.2

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 2009 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldMarat SafinDenis Istomin
Country RUS UZB
Birth dateJan 27, 1980Sep 7, 1986
Age2923
Height193 cm188 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)77101
Ranking points (entering)615527
Elo (entering)1,7761,645
Current career W-L396–249196–249
Current career earnings$14,373,291$6,339,469
Pre-match H2H
Marat Safin #77 0 – 0 Denis Istomin #101

Path

Marat Safin's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Igor Andreev #386-3 0-1 (ret.)WH2HMatch dataOct 29, 2009R16
Richard Gasquet #697-6(5) 6-4WH2HMatch dataOct 28, 2009R32

Marat Safin's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Sergiy Stakhovsky #934-6 6-4 4-6LH2HMatch dataOct 30, 2009SF

Denis Istomin's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Mikhail Youzhny #256-2 2-1 (ret.)WH2HMatch dataOct 29, 2009R16
Rainer Schuettler #896-4 6-4WH2HMatch dataOct 28, 2009R32