Career 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 Too close to call — 8–6 on categories Carlos Ferrero wins on first serve in %. Safin’s case rests on grand slam titles. ATP Tour career: Carlos Ferrero 717 matches, Safin 653 matches.
Safin has 2 grand slam titles (one every 50 matches) to Carlos Ferrero’s 1 grand slam title (one every 100 matches). Safin averages 8.6 aces a match to Carlos Ferrero’s 3.9 — 2.2 times as many. Carlos Ferrero has the better first serve in %: 64 to Safin’s 55.2. Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, grand slam titles): those averages use only the games that logged them. Tale of the tape Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.0 16 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.0 15 total · best 1
0.0 1 total · best 1 Grand Slam titlesper game 0.0 2 total · best 1
64.0 First serve in % 55.2
69.1 First-serve points won % 75.4
62.5 Break points saved % 62.6
39.7 Return points won % 37.6
Head to head 5 11 matches since 2000 6
Clay · 8 matches Ferrero 4 Safin 4 Hard · 2 matches Ferrero 1 Safin 1 Carpet · 1 match Ferrero 0 Safin 1 Grand Slams · 3 matches Ferrero 1 Safin 2 Finals · 2 matches Ferrero 1 Safin 1 Last meetings 14 Apr 2008 · Valencia · Round of 32 · Clay Safin won 6-3 5-7 6-4 14 May 2007 · ATP Masters 1000 Hamburg · Round of 32 · Clay Ferrero won 6-3 7-6(15) 23 May 2005 · Roland Garros · Round of 32 · Clay Safin won 7-6(5) 7-5 1-6 7-6(2) 9 May 2005 · ATP Masters 1000 Hamburg · Round of 32 · Clay Ferrero won 4-6 6-4 6-2 11 Apr 2005 · ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo · Round of 16 · Clay Ferrero won 6-2 6-4 21 Apr 2003 · Barcelona · Semifinal · Clay Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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