Rochus v Safin
ATP Tour career
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Marat Safin takes it, 10–4 on categories
Safin wins on titles. Rochus’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Rochus 484 matches, Safin 653 matches.
- Safin has 15 titles (one every 25 matches) to Rochus’ 2 titles (one every 33.3 matches).
- Safin averages 8.6 aces a match to Rochus’ 1.7 — 4.9 times as many.
- Safin has the better first-serve points won %: 75.4 to Rochus’s 66.4.
- Winners’ edge: Safin’s team won 61%, Rochus’s team won 46% of the matches they played.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, 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.
- 0.02 total · best 1Titlesper game0.015 total · best 1
- –Grand Slam titlesper game0.02 total · best 1
- 61.3First serve in %55.2
- 66.4First-serve points won %75.4
- 59.1Break points saved %62.6
- 38.1Return points won %37.6
- 1.7839 total · best 16
Head to head
39 matches
since 20026
since 20026
- Hard · 4 matchesRochus 1Safin 3
- Grass · 3 matchesRochus 2Safin 1
- Clay · 2 matchesRochus 0Safin 2
- Grand Slams · 4 matchesRochus 1Safin 3
Last meetings
- 28 Aug 2006 · US Open · Round of 32 · HardSafin won 6-3 6-2 6-3
- 12 June 2006 · Halle · Round of 16 · GrassRochus won 4-6 6-4 6-1
- 27 Feb 2006 · Dubai · Round of 16 · HardRochus won 7-6(5) 6-4
- 6 June 2005 · Halle · Quarterfinal · GrassSafin won 6-4 7-6(4)
- 17 Jan 2005 · Australian Open · Round of 16 · HardSafin won 4-6 7-6(1) 7-6(5) 7-6(2)
- 19 Apr 2004 · ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo · Round of 64 · ClaySafin won 4-6 6-3 6-3
- 6 Jan 2003 · Sydney · Round of 32 · HardSafin won
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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