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Dominik Hrbaty #30 def. Marat Safin #31

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

Match Information

Date	Jun 2, 1999*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Dominik Hrbaty
Score	6-4 3-6 7-6(5) 6-3
Loser	Marat Safin
Duration	2h 38m

Stat	Dominik Hrbaty	Marat Safin
Aces	7	15
Double faults	3	6
First serve %	56	42
First serve points won %	71	77
Second serve points won %	45	45
Break points saved %	71	57
Break points converted %	43	29
Service points won %	60	58
Return points won %	42	40
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Dominik Hrbaty	Marat Safin
Country	SVK	RUS
Birth date	Jan 4, 1978	Jan 27, 1980
Age	21	19
Height	183	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	30	31
Ranking points (entering)	1,163	1,156
Elo (entering)	1,844	1,790
Career W-L	326–296	395–247
Career earnings	$7,070,095	$14,373,291

Pre-match H2H

Dominik Hrbaty 1 – 2 Marat Safin

Path

Dominik Hrbaty's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1999	R32	Andrew Ilie	3-6 7-5 6-2 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1999	R64	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6-4 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 1999	R128	Julien Boutter	5-7 6-4 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Dominik Hrbaty's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 1999	QF	Marcelo Rios	7-6(4) 6-2 6-7(6) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 30, 1999	R32	Hicham Arazi	7-6(5) 3-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1999	R64	Jens Knippschild	6-3 4-3 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 1999	R128	Jan Kroslak	6-2 4-6 6-3 3-6 6-2	W	—	Match data