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Marat Safin #11 def. Wayne Ferreira #59

5-2 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Jan 25, 2002*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Marat Safin
Score	5-2 (ret.)
Loser	Wayne Ferreira
Duration	28m

Stat	Marat Safin	Wayne Ferreira
Aces	3	0
Double faults	0	0
First serve %	67	69
First serve points won %	83	58
Second serve points won %	50	36
Break points saved %	—	0
Break points converted %	100	—
Service points won %	72	51
Return points won %	49	28
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marat Safin	Wayne Ferreira
Country	RUS	RSA
Birth date	Jan 27, 1980	Sep 15, 1971
Age	21	30
Height	193	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	11	59
Ranking points (entering)	1,920	615
Elo (entering)	1,961	1,800
Career W-L	395–247	483–314
Career earnings	$14,373,291	$9,969,617

Pre-match H2H

Marat Safin 2 – 0 Wayne Ferreira

Path

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2002	R16	Pete Sampras	6-2 6-4 6-7(5) 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2002	R32	Mikhail Youzhny	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2002	R64	Christophe Rochus	6-2 7-6(6) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2002	R128	Antony Dupuis	7-5 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Marat Safin's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2002	SF	Tommy Haas	6-7(5) 7-6(4) 3-6 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Wayne Ferreira's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2002	R16	Albert Costa	4-6 6-4 6-4 6-7(4) 9-7	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2002	R32	Ivan Ljubicic	4-6 4-6 7-6(3) 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2002	R64	David Nalbandian	6-7(5) 7-6(2) 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2002	R128	Jan-Michael Gambill	6-2 6-4 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data