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Nikolay Davydenko #5 def. Marat Safin #65

6-4 5-7 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 15, 2006*
Tournament	Moscow
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Nikolay Davydenko
Score	6-4 5-7 6-4
Loser	Marat Safin
Duration	2h 20m

Stat	Nikolay Davydenko	Marat Safin
Aces	2	7
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	71	59
First serve points won %	80	69
Second serve points won %	50	45
Break points saved %	25	67
Break points converted %	33	75
Service points won %	71	59
Return points won %	41	29
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nikolay Davydenko	Marat Safin
Country	RUS	RUS
Birth date	Jun 2, 1981	Jan 27, 1980
Age	25	26
Height	178	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	65
Ranking points (entering)	2,590	610
Elo (entering)	1,960	1,858
Career W-L	467–324	395–247
Career earnings	$16,186,480	$14,373,291

Pre-match H2H

Nikolay Davydenko 1 – 2 Marat Safin

Path

Nikolay Davydenko's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2006	SF	Fabrice Santoro	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2006	QF	Max Mirnyi	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 2006	R16	Teymuraz Gabashvili	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 2006	R32	Jiri Vanek	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Nikolay Davydenko's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2006	SF	Igor Kunitsyn	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2006	QF	Janko Tipsarevic	7-6(5) 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 2006	R16	Daniele Bracciali	3-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 2006	R32	Nicolas Mahut	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data