Hewitt v Safin
ATP Tour career
Lineball analyst8–5
Too close to call — 8–5 on categories
Hewitt wins on sets lost. Safin’s case rests on grand slam titles. ATP Tour career: Hewitt 822 matches, Safin 653 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.
- 0.031 total · best 1Titlesper game0.015 total · best 1
- 0.02 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.02 total · best 1
- 54.0First serve in %55.2
- 73.7First-serve points won %75.4
- 61.8Break points saved %62.6
- 41.1Return points won %37.6
Head to head
613 matches
since 19997
since 19997
- Hard · 8 matchesHewitt 5Safin 3
- Clay · 3 matchesHewitt 1Safin 2
- Carpet · 2 matchesHewitt 0Safin 2
- Grand Slams · 1 matchHewitt 0Safin 1
- Finals · 3 matchesHewitt 1Safin 2
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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