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Marat Safin #3 def. Mariano Zabaleta #103

6-4 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 7, 2001*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Marat Safin
Score	6-4 6-4 6-2
Loser	Mariano Zabaleta
Duration	1h 47m

Stat	Marat Safin	Mariano Zabaleta
Aces	7	3
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	63	59
First serve points won %	76	58
Second serve points won %	59	44
Break points saved %	60	54
Break points converted %	46	40
Service points won %	69	52
Return points won %	48	31
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marat Safin	Mariano Zabaleta
Country	RUS	ARG
Birth date	Jan 27, 1980	Feb 28, 1978
Age	21	23
Height	193	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	3	103
Ranking points (entering)	3,175	387
Elo (entering)	1,913	1,734
Career W-L	395–247	199–206
Career earnings	$14,373,291	$3,204,127

Pre-match H2H

Marat Safin 2 – 0 Mariano Zabaleta

Path

Marat Safin's path

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

Marat Safin's next match

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

Mariano Zabaleta's path

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