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J. Balcells #68 def. Marat Safin #2

4-6 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 21, 2001*
Tournament	Miami Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	J. Balcells
Score	4-6 6-4 6-3
Loser	Marat Safin
Duration	1h 53m

Stat	J. Balcells	Marat Safin
Aces	3	2
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	70	71
First serve points won %	62	52
Second serve points won %	54	56
Break points saved %	20	45
Break points converted %	55	80
Service points won %	59	53
Return points won %	47	41
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Balcells	Marat Safin
Country	ESP	RUS
Birth date	—	Jan 27, 1980
Age	—	21
Height	190	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	68	2
Ranking points (entering)	605	4,270
Elo (entering)	1,687	1,976
Career W-L	38–46	395–247
Career earnings	$815,801	$14,373,291

Pre-match H2H

J. Balcells 0 – 0 Marat Safin

Path

J. Balcells's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 2001	R128	Byron Black	7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

J. Balcells's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 22, 2001	R32	Jonas Bjorkman	2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Marat Safin's path

No prior matches in this tournament.