Kunitsyn v Safin

Marat Safin takes it, 12–2 on categories

Safin wins on titles. Kunitsyn’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Kunitsyn 237 matches, Safin 653 matches.

• Safin has 15 titles (one every 25 matches) to Kunitsyn’s 1 title (one every 33.3 matches).
• Safin averages 8.6 aces a match to Kunitsyn’s 2.6 — 3.2 times as many.
• Safin has the better sets won %: 58 to Kunitsyn’s 38.1.
• Winners’ edge: Safin’s team won 61%, Kunitsyn’s team won 37% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Safin has 653 matches across 13 seasons, Kunitsyn 237 in 13 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
• Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, grand slam titles, finals): 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.