QF US Open 2001

Marat Safin #3 def. Mariano Zabaleta #103

6-4 6-4 6-2

Marat Safin defeated Mariano Zabaleta 6-4 6-4 6-2 in the 2001 US Open quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 7, 2001*
Tournament: US Open
Edition: 2001
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: QF
Duration: 1h 47m

Match Statistics

Stat	Marat Safin	Mariano Zabaleta
Aces	7	3
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	63.0%	59.0%
First serve points won %	76.0%	58.0%
Second serve points won %	59.0%	44.0%
Break points saved %	60.0%	54.0%
Break points converted %	46.0%	40.0%
Service points won %	69.0%	52.0%
Return points won %	48.0%	31.0%
Total points won %	57.0%	43.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Marat Safin	Mariano Zabaleta
Country	RUS	ARG
Birth date	Jan 27, 1980	Feb 28, 1978
Age	21	23
Height	193 cm	183 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	3	103
Ranking points (entering)	3,175	387
Elo (entering)	1,910	1,739
Current career W-L	396–249	201–208
Current career earnings	$14,373,291	$3,204,127

Pre-match H2H

Marat Safin #3 2 – 0 Mariano Zabaleta #103

Path

Marat Safin's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Thomas Johansson #14	6-2 2-6 6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 5, 2001	R16
Hicham Arazi #28	7-5 6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 2, 2001	R32
Ivan Ljubicic #48	7-6(5) 6-7(2) 7-6(5) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 31, 2001	R64
Sebastien De Chaunac #257	6-4 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 29, 2001	R128

Marat Safin's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Pete Sampras #10	3-6 6-7(5) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 9, 2001	SF

Mariano Zabaleta's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Xavier Malisse #43	6-4 7-6(4) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 5, 2001	R16
Greg Rusedski #30	6-7(5) 6-4 7-5 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 2, 2001	R32
Taylor Dent #132	6-3 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 31, 2001	R64
Sebastien Grosjean #8	6-4 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 29, 2001	R128