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Marat Safin #35 def. Magnus Norman #4

2-6 7-6(4) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Apr 29, 2000*
Tournament	Barcelona
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Marat Safin
Score	2-6 7-6(4) 6-3
Loser	Magnus Norman
Duration	2h 6m

Stat	Marat Safin	Magnus Norman
Aces	11	5
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	49	68
First serve points won %	73	70
Second serve points won %	48	53
Break points saved %	62	70
Break points converted %	30	38
Service points won %	60	65
Return points won %	35	40
Total points won %	48	52

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marat Safin	Magnus Norman
Country	RUS	SWE
Birth date	Jan 27, 1980	May 30, 1976
Age	20	23
Height	193	187
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	35	4
Ranking points (entering)	921	2,194
Elo (entering)	1,741	1,920
Career W-L	395–247	234–163
Career earnings	$14,373,291	$4,537,247

Pre-match H2H

Marat Safin 0 – 1 Magnus Norman

Path

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 29, 2000	QF	Nicolas Lapentti	7-6(3) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 28, 2000	R16	Gaston Gaudio	6-4 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 2000	R32	Mariano Puerta	6-7(2) 7-6(1) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 2000	R64	Mariano Zabaleta	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Marat Safin's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 30, 2000	F	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6-3 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Magnus Norman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 29, 2000	QF	Younes El Aynaoui	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 28, 2000	R16	Richard Krajicek	7-6(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 2000	R32	Rainer Schuettler	7-6(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data