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Roman Safiullin #39 def. Alexei Popyrin #40

6-7(9) 6-4 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Jan 5, 2024*
Tournament	Brisbane
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Roman Safiullin
Score	6-7(9) 6-4 7-6(3)
Loser	Alexei Popyrin
Duration	2h 54m

Stat	Roman Safiullin	Alexei Popyrin
Aces	23	13
Double faults	4	6
First serve %	64	70
First serve points won %	81	81
Second serve points won %	59	44
Break points saved %	93	78
Break points converted %	22	7
Service points won %	73	70
Return points won %	30	27
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roman Safiullin	Alexei Popyrin
Country	RUS	AUS
Birth date	Aug 7, 1997	Aug 5, 1999
Age	26	24
Height	185	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	39	40
Ranking points (entering)	1,122	1,084
Elo (entering)	1,907	1,768
Career W-L	56–74	113–148
Career earnings	$4,283,728	$9,660,664

Pre-match H2H

Roman Safiullin 2 – 1 Alexei Popyrin

Path

Roman Safiullin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 3, 2024	R32	Ben Shelton	6-3 6-7(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Roman Safiullin's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2024	QF	Matteo Arnaldi	7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Alexei Popyrin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 3, 2024	R32	Christopher O'Connell	6-4 6-7(5) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data