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Marat Safin #4 def. Olivier Rochus #53

4-6 7-6(1) 7-6(5) 7-6(2)

Match Information

Date	Jan 26, 2005*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Marat Safin
Score	4-6 7-6(1) 7-6(5) 7-6(2)
Loser	Olivier Rochus
Duration	3h 42m

Stat	Marat Safin	Olivier Rochus
Aces	29	1
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	62	63
First serve points won %	83	72
Second serve points won %	60	45
Break points saved %	60	94
Break points converted %	6	40
Service points won %	74	62
Return points won %	38	26
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marat Safin	Olivier Rochus
Country	RUS	BEL
Birth date	Jan 27, 1980	Jan 18, 1981
Age	24	24
Height	193	168
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	4	53
Ranking points (entering)	3,060	750
Elo (entering)	2,005	1,838
Career W-L	395–247	220–256
Career earnings	$14,373,291	$4,905,754

Pre-match H2H

Marat Safin 3 – 1 Olivier Rochus

Path

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2005	R32	Mario Ancic	6-4 3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2005	R64	Bohdan Ulihrach	6-4 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2005	R128	Novak Djokovic	6-0 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Marat Safin's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2005	QF	Dominik Hrbaty	6-2 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Olivier Rochus's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2005	R32	Karol Beck	6-7(6) 6-1 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2005	R64	Gael Monfils	6-1 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2005	R128	Nicolas Kiefer	7-5 2-6 3-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data