Marat Safin #7 def. Rainer Schuettler #46

3-6 6-3 6-3

Marat Safin defeated Rainer Schuettler 3-6 6-3 6-3 in the 2001 St. Petersburg final on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 28, 2001*
Tournament: St. Petersburg
Edition: 2001
Category: ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: F
Duration: 1h 51m

Match Statistics

Stat	Marat Safin	Rainer Schuettler
Aces	4	2
Double faults	0	0
First serve %	67	58
First serve points won %	73	61
Second serve points won %	50	51
Break points saved %	50	60
Break points converted %	40	50
Service points won %	66	57
Return points won %	43	34
Total points won %	53	47

Player Comparison

Field	Marat Safin	Rainer Schuettler
Country	RUS	GER
Birth date	Jan 27, 1980	Apr 25, 1976
Age	21	25
Height	193 cm	180 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	46
Ranking points (entering)	2,555	850
Elo (entering)	1,932	1,791
Current career W-L	396–249	315–326
Current career earnings	$14,373,291	$7,407,508

Pre-match H2H

Marat Safin #7 2 – 1 Rainer Schuettler #46

Path

Marat Safin's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Yevgeny Kafelnikov #6	6-7(4) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 27, 2001	SF
Goran Ivanisevic #15	6-3 7-6(0)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 27, 2001	QF
Alberto Martin #41	6-7(6) 6-4 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 26, 2001	R16
David Prinosil #63	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 25, 2001	R32

Marat Safin's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Rainer Schuettler's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Michael Llodra #113	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 27, 2001	SF
Max Mirnyi #35	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 27, 2001	QF
Daniel Vacek #456	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 26, 2001	R16
Juan Carlos Ferrero #5	7-6(8) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 25, 2001	R32