Marat Safin vs Roger Federer, Australian Open 2009, Round of 32

Grand Slam · Round of 32 · Hard · Fri 23 Jan

Final

Marat Safin

LostRank #619.0010%

Federer won in 3 sets · 1h 50m

0–3

Set 13–6

Set 22–6

Set 36–7⁵

Roger Federer

WinnerRank #971.0590%

Venue

Melbourne Park

Melbourne, AUS· 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

Average

1.4vs last year

Wind

20 km/h

Moderate

Humidity

41%

Comfortable

Temperature

31°C

Warm

Altitude

23 m

Sea level

Historical daily weather

Match stats

1h 50m

14Aces9

2Double faults1

54Service points won68

14Service games played15

11Service games won15

15Return games played14

1/425%Break points saved0/0

0/0Break points converted75%3/4

Head to head

2Safin

9Federer

11 meetings

Hard 1–4Grass 0–3Carpet 1–0Clay 0–2

Australian OpenRound of 32 · 23 Jan 2009HardThis match
Roger Federer
Sets won: 3Set 1: 6Set 2: 6Set 3: 7⁷
Marat Safin
Sets won: 0Set 1: 3Set 2: 2Set 3: 6⁵
WimbledonSemifinal · 4 Jul 2008Grass
Roger Federer
Sets won: 3Set 1: 6Set 2: 7⁷Set 3: 6
Marat Safin
Sets won: 0Set 1: 3Set 2: 6³Set 3: 4
WimbledonRound of 32 · 29 Jun 2007Grass
Roger Federer
Sets won: 3Set 1: 6Set 2: 6Set 3: 7⁷
Marat Safin
Sets won: 0Set 1: 1Set 2: 4Set 3: 6⁴
HalleFinal · 12 Jun 2005Grass
Roger Federer
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 6⁶Set 3: 6
Marat Safin
Sets won: 1Set 1: 4Set 2: 7⁸Set 3: 4
Australian OpenSemifinal · 27 Jan 2005Hard
Marat Safin
Sets won: 3Set 1: 5Set 2: 6Set 3: 5Set 4: 7⁸Set 5: 9
Roger Federer
Sets won: 2Set 1: 7Set 2: 4Set 3: 7Set 4: 6⁶Set 5: 7
ATP FinalsSemifinal · 20 Nov 2004Hard
Roger Federer
Sets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 7²⁰
Marat Safin
Sets won: 0Set 1: 3Set 2: 6¹⁸

Match research

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Run-inEvery match in the last 28 days, rest days and travel between venues.
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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Marat Safin vs Roger Federer, Australian Open 2009, Round of 32

Final score

Venue and conditions

Match stats

Head to head

Match research