Safin v Hewitt
ATP Tour career
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Too close to call — 5–8 on categories
Safin wins on grand slam titles. Hewitt’s case rests on sets lost. ATP Tour career: Safin 653 matches, Hewitt 822 matches.
- Safin has 2 grand slam titles (one every 50 matches) to Hewitt’s 2 grand slam titles (one every 100 matches).
- Safin averages 8.6 aces a match to Hewitt’s 6 (43% more).
- Hewitt averages 1.0 sets lost a match to Safin’s 1.1.
- Winners’ edge: Hewitt’s team won 70%, Safin’s team won 61% of the matches they played.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (grand slam titles): those averages use only the games that logged them.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
- 0.015 total · best 1Titlesper game0.031 total · best 1
- 0.02 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.02 total · best 1
- 55.2First serve in %54.0
- 75.4First-serve points won %73.7
- 62.6Break points saved %61.8
- 37.6Return points won %41.1
Head to head
713 matches
since 19996
since 19996
- Hard · 8 matchesSafin 3Hewitt 5
- Clay · 3 matchesSafin 2Hewitt 1
- Carpet · 2 matchesSafin 2Hewitt 0
- Grand Slams · 1 matchSafin 1Hewitt 0
- Finals · 3 matchesSafin 2Hewitt 1
Last meetings
- 12 Apr 2009 · ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo · Round of 64 · ClaySafin won 6-4 7-5
- 3 Mar 2008 · Las Vegas · Round of 32 · HardHewitt won 6-2 6-1
- 26 Feb 2007 · Las Vegas · Semifinal · HardHewitt won 7-5 6-1
- 17 Jan 2005 · Australian Open · Final · HardSafin won 1-6 6-3 6-4 6-4
- 1 Nov 2004 · ATP Masters 1000 Paris · Quarterfinal · CarpetSafin won 6-4 7-6(2)
- 2 Aug 2004 · ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati · Quarterfinal · Hard
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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