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Marat Safin #20 def. Potito Starace #202

6-7(4) 6-4 3-6 7-5 7-5

Match Information

Date	May 30, 2004*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Marat Safin
Score	6-7(4) 6-4 3-6 7-5 7-5
Loser	Potito Starace
Duration	4h 25m

Stat	Marat Safin	Potito Starace
Aces	20	1
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	58	77
First serve points won %	77	66
Second serve points won %	52	45
Break points saved %	69	65
Break points converted %	35	31
Service points won %	67	61
Return points won %	39	33
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marat Safin	Potito Starace
Country	RUS	ITA
Birth date	Jan 27, 1980	Jul 14, 1981
Age	24	22
Height	193	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	20	202
Ranking points (entering)	1,270	191
Elo (entering)	1,899	1,591
Career W-L	395–247	147–188
Career earnings	$14,373,291	$3,796,316

Pre-match H2H

Marat Safin 0 – 0 Potito Starace

Path

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2004	R64	Felix Mantilla	6-4 2-6 6-2 6-7(4) 11-9	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 2004	R128	Agustin Calleri	5-7 6-1 4-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Marat Safin's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2004	R16	David Nalbandian	5-7 4-6 7-6(5) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Potito Starace's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2004	R64	Sebastien Grosjean	7-6(6) 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 2004	R128	Dmitry Tursunov	6-2 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 25, 2004	Q3	Marc Lopez	6-4 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 25, 2004	Q2	Miguel Gallardo-Valles	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 24, 2004	Q1	Werner Eschauer	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data