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Brett Steven #100 def. Marat Safin #49

7-5 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 15, 1999*
Tournament	Auckland
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Brett Steven
Score	7-5 6-2
Loser	Marat Safin
Duration	1h 17m

Stat	Brett Steven	Marat Safin
Aces	1	3
Double faults	5	4
First serve %	63	47
First serve points won %	77	70
Second serve points won %	50	47
Break points saved %	83	33
Break points converted %	67	17
Service points won %	67	58
Return points won %	42	33
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Brett Steven	Marat Safin
Country	NZL	RUS
Birth date	Apr 27, 1969	Jan 27, 1980
Age	29	18
Height	185	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	100	49
Ranking points (entering)	466	852
Elo (entering)	1,696	1,667
Career W-L	157–152	395–247
Career earnings	$2,439,714	$14,373,291

Pre-match H2H

Brett Steven 0 – 0 Marat Safin

Path

Brett Steven's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 1999	R32	Wayne Ferreira	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Brett Steven's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 1999	QF	Mariano Zabaleta	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 1999	R32	Gianluca Pozzi	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data