Todd Martin vs Marat Safin, US Open 2000, Semifinal

Grand Slam · Semifinal · Hard

Final

Todd Martin

LostRank #145

Safin won in 3 sets · 2h 17m

0–3

Set 13–6

Set 26–7⁴

Set 36–7¹

Marat Safin

WinnerRank #61

Venue

USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center

Flushing, USA· Hard

Court speed

What is court speed?

How much the court helps the server, judged from aces and serve points won and adjusted for who played. 100 is the average ATP tournament court that season.

Very slow< 92Monte Carlo, Rome
Slow92–97Roland Garros, Indian Wells
Average97–103US Open, Dubai
Fast103–108Wimbledon, Shanghai
Very fast108+Basel

Challenger and ITF courts usually read lower: partly the venues, partly the balls and conditions at those levels.

How court speed works

Fast

Wind

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No reading

Humidity

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No reading

Temperature

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No reading

Altitude

5 m

Sea level

Match stats

2h 17m

7Aces14

7Double faults3

60Service points won78

16Service games played17

12Service games won14

17Return games played16

1/520%Break points saved70%7/10

3/1030%Break points converted80%4/5

Head to head

0Martin

2Safin

2 meetings

US OpenSemifinal · 2000HardThis match
Marat Safin
Sets won: 3Set 1: 6Set 2: 7⁷Set 3: 7⁷
Todd Martin
Sets won: 0Set 1: 3Set 2: 6⁴Set 3: 6¹
Australian OpenRound of 32 · 23 Jan 2004Hard
Marat Safin
Sets won: 3Set 1: 7Set 2: 1Set 3: 4Set 4: 6Set 5: 7
Todd Martin
Sets won: 2Set 1: 5Set 2: 6Set 3: 6Set 4: 0Set 5: 5

Form and path

Todd Martin1–5

US OpenHard

LRound of 128
Fabrice Santoro
Sets won: 3Set 1: 4Set 2: 6Set 3: 6Set 4: 7
Todd Martin
Sets won: 1Set 1: 6Set 2: 4Set 3: 4Set 4: 5

Long IslandHard

LRound of 32
Jurgen Melzer
Sets won: 2Set 1: 1Set 2: 6Set 3: 6
Todd Martin
Sets won: 1Set 1: 6Set 2: 3Set 3: 3

WashingtonHard

LRound of 32
Raemon Sluiter
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6⁵Set 2: 7⁷Set 3: 7⁷
Todd Martin
Sets won: 1Set 1: 7⁷Set 2: 6³Set 3: 6⁵

WimbledonGrass

Queen's ClubGrass

LRound of 32
Mario Ancic
Sets won: 2Set 1: 7⁷Set 2: 4Set 3: 6
Todd Martin
Sets won: 1Set 1: 6⁵Set 2: 6Set 3: 2

Marat Safin4–2

Paris MastersHard

St. PetersburgHard

Match research

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Tale of the tapeRecords and serve numbers side by side, filtered by period and surface.
Record by opponent rankingHow each player does against the top 10, top 50 or any ranking range.
Similar conditionsResults in comparable heat, humidity, wind and altitude before scheduled matches.

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Todd Martin vs Marat Safin, US Open 2000, Semifinal

Final score

Venue and conditions

Match stats

Head to head

Form and path

Match research