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Ivan Ljubicic vs Marat Safin Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Ivan Ljubicic seasons:20122011201020092008
Marat Safin seasons:20092008200720062005
🇭🇷 Ivan Ljubicic
🇷🇺 Marat Safin
Age: 47y 56d (1979-03-19)
Hand: R
Backhand: 1H
(1980-01-27) Age: 46y 107d
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
2 - 2
Wins: 50.0% - 50.0%
Hard 1–1Clay 0–0Grass 0–0
250 2–0Slam 0–1Masters 1000 0–1
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🇭🇷Ivan Ljubicic and 🇷🇺Marat Safin have met 4 times. The series is tied 2–2.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇭🇷Ivan Ljubicic has compiled an overall career record of 429–296 across 725 matches, translating to a win rate of 59.17%. On hard courts his record stands at 247–163 (60.24%), while on clay he holds a 105–81 (56.45%) mark. On grass the numbers read 24–26 (48.00%) , and on carpet 53–26 (67.09%). Throughout his career he has won 10 titles (7 hard, 1 grass, 2 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 40–70 (36.36%).

🇷🇺Marat Safin, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 422–267 from 689 matches (61.25% win rate). His hard-court record is 215–140 (60.56%), on clay he stands at 121–82 (59.61%), and on grass he has gone 26–19 (57.78%) , with a carpet record of 60–26 (69.77%). He has accumulated 15 titles in total (10 hard, 2 clay, 3 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 49–50 (49.49%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 2 times, the record is tied 1–1 (50.00% each).

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2004-11-01Paris MastersCarpetR327🇷🇺Marat Safin (6)23🇭🇷Ivan Ljubicic6-7(1) 6-3 7-5314513351.0%71.7%66.7%4/5
2001-10-08LyonCarpetSF48🇭🇷Ivan Ljubicic7🇷🇺Marat Safin (3)6-7(3) 7-6(4) 7-6(7)316919144.0%85.5%57.1%7/8
2001-08-27US OpenHardR643🇷🇺Marat Safin (3)48🇭🇷Ivan Ljubicic7-6(5) 6-7(2) 7-6(5) 7-6(5)520716254.0%86.4%58.0%0/1
2000-01-10SydneyHardR3279🇭🇷Ivan Ljubicic (LL)24🇷🇺Marat Safin6-7(4) 6-3 6-3311715552.4%85.5%48.0%5/5

Wins

Ivan Ljubicic
Marat Safin
2–2Overall
0–1Grand Slam
0–1Masters 1000
2–0ATP 250
1–1Hard
1–1Indoor Hard

Sets Format

66.7%2
33.3%1
Bo3
0.0%0
100.0%1
Bo5
0.0%0
0.0%0
2 Sets
66.7%2
33.3%1
3 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%1
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Ivan Ljubicic
Marat Safin

Deciding

66.7%2
33.3%1
Decider Set
50.0%2
50.0%2
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
100.0%1
After 3 hours
Ivan Ljubicic
Marat Safin

Sets

46.2%6
53.8%7
All
25.0%1
75.0%3
Grand Slam
33.3%1
66.7%2
Masters 1000
42.9%3
57.1%4
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
50.0%3
50.0%3
Carpet
Ivan Ljubicic
Marat Safin

Games

50.0%78
50.0%78
All
48.1%25
51.9%27
Grand Slam
44.1%15
55.9%19
Masters 1000
51.8%43
48.2%40
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
47.9%35
52.1%38
Carpet
Ivan Ljubicic
Marat Safin

Overview

By Surface

Ivan Ljubicic
Marat Safin

By Tournament Level

Ivan Ljubicic
Marat Safin

By Round

Ivan Ljubicic
Marat Safin

By Opponent Ranking

Ivan LjubicicMarat Safin
6.3%1-15
vs Top 1
28.6%4-10
28.1%18-46
vs Top 5
42.3%22-30
36.4%40-70
vs Top 10
49.5%49-50
42.9%78-104
vs Top 20
49.7%87-88
56.3%325-252
vs Top 100
58%330-239
69.9%102-44
vs +100
76.5%91-28
44.2%117-148
vs Higher
46.5%93-107
67.7%310-148
vs Lower
67.2%328-160

Opponent Breakdown

Ivan LjubicicMarat Safin
61%260-166
Vs Younger
55.4%150-121
56.4%168-130
Vs Older
65.1%272-146
60.1%392-260
Vs Right-Handed
61.8%375-232
49.3%35-36
Vs Left-Handed
57.3%47-35
58.5%233-165
Vs 2H Backhand
57.5%176-130
58.8%124-87
Vs 1H Backhand
59.5%135-92
57.5%357-264
Vs Shorter
61.2%373-236
67.9%36-17
Vs Taller
70%28-12

Pressure Situations