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Marat Safin #7 def. Nicolas Kiefer #14

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

Match Information

Date	Sep 8, 2000*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Marat Safin
Score	7-5 4-6 7-6(5) 6-3
Loser	Nicolas Kiefer
Duration	3h 4m

Stat	Marat Safin	Nicolas Kiefer
Aces	16	13
Double faults	1	7
First serve %	58	52
First serve points won %	83	76
Second serve points won %	52	45
Break points saved %	40	81
Break points converted %	19	60
Service points won %	70	61
Return points won %	39	30
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marat Safin	Nicolas Kiefer
Country	RUS	GER
Birth date	Jan 27, 1980	Jul 5, 1977
Age	20	23
Height	193	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	14
Ranking points (entering)	2,442	1,477
Elo (entering)	1,998	1,882
Career W-L	395–247	343–252
Career earnings	$14,373,291	$7,480,465

Pre-match H2H

Marat Safin 0 – 0 Nicolas Kiefer

Path

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2000	R16	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6-1 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2000	R32	Sebastien Grosjean	6-4 7-6(3) 1-6 3-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2000	R64	Gianluca Pozzi	6-3 3-6 6-3 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2000	R128	Thierry Guardiola	7-5 6-7(5) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Marat Safin's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 2000	SF	Todd Martin	6-3 7-6(4) 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Kiefer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2000	R16	Magnus Norman	6-2 6-7(3) 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2000	R32	Sjeng Schalken	7-5 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2000	R64	Jonas Bjorkman	6-1 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2000	R128	Andrea Gaudenzi	7-5 6-4 0-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data