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Ivo Karlovic vs Marat Safin Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Ivo Karlovic seasons:20212020201920182017
Marat Safin seasons:20092008200720062005
🇭🇷 Ivo Karlovic
🇷🇺 Marat Safin
Age: 47y 75d (1979-02-28)
Hand: R
Backhand: 1H
(1980-01-27) Age: 46y 107d
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
2 - 1
Wins: 66.7% - 33.3%
Hard 1–1Clay 0–0Grass 1–0
Masters 1000 1–1250 1–0
LWW
WLL

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🇭🇷Ivo Karlovic and 🇷🇺Marat Safin have met 3 times. Ivo Karlovic currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 2–1.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇭🇷Ivo Karlovic has compiled an overall career record of 371–346 across 717 matches, translating to a win rate of 51.74%. On hard courts his record stands at 234–217 (51.88%), while on clay he holds a 55–76 (41.98%) mark. On grass the numbers read 75–44 (63.03%) , and on carpet 7–9 (43.75%). Throughout his career he has won 8 titles (4 hard, 1 clay, 3 grass). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 21–62 (25.30%).

🇷🇺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). On grass, their 1 encounter has yielded a record of 1–0 (100.00% for Ivo Karlovic).

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2007-10-15Madrid MastersHardR6424🇭🇷Ivo Karlovic36🇷🇺Marat Safin6-3 6-435817271.7%89.5%46.7%2/2
2007-06-11Queen's ClubGrassR1678🇭🇷Ivo Karlovic24🇷🇺Marat Safin7-6(3) 7-6(4)310222275.7%88.7%64.7%0/0
2004-08-02Cincinnati MastersHardR1614🇷🇺Marat Safin (14)58🇭🇷Ivo Karlovic (Q)7-6(4) 6-7(3) 6-4314614856.2%88.1%67.4%3/3

Wins

Ivo Karlovic
Marat Safin
2–1Overall
1–1Masters 1000
1–0ATP 250
1–1Hard
1–0Grass

Sets Format

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

Deciding

0.0%0
100.0%1
Decider Set
50.0%1
50.0%1
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Ivo Karlovic
Marat Safin

Sets

71.4%5
28.6%2
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
60.0%3
40.0%2
Masters 1000
60.0%3
40.0%2
Hard
100.0%2
0.0%0
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Ivo Karlovic
Marat Safin

Games

53.1%43
46.9%38
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
52.7%29
47.3%26
Masters 1000
52.7%29
47.3%26
Hard
53.8%14
46.2%12
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Ivo Karlovic
Marat Safin

Overview

By Surface

Ivo Karlovic
Marat Safin

By Tournament Level

Ivo Karlovic
Marat Safin

By Round

Ivo Karlovic
Marat Safin

By Opponent Ranking

Ivo KarlovicMarat Safin
22.2%2-7
vs Top 1
28.6%4-10
18.9%7-30
vs Top 5
42.3%22-30
25.3%21-62
vs Top 10
49.5%49-50
35.7%51-92
vs Top 20
49.7%87-88
49.5%269-274
vs Top 100
58%330-239
58.1%100-72
vs +100
76.5%91-28
41.6%137-192
vs Higher
46.5%93-107
60.1%232-154
vs Lower
67.2%328-160

Opponent Breakdown

Ivo KarlovicMarat Safin
52%316-292
Vs Younger
55.4%150-121
50.5%55-54
Vs Older
65.1%272-146
52.4%325-295
Vs Right-Handed
61.8%375-232
47.4%46-51
Vs Left-Handed
57.3%47-35
49.8%243-245
Vs 2H Backhand
57.5%176-130
53.8%99-85
Vs 1H Backhand
59.5%135-92
51.7%370-346
Vs Shorter
61.2%373-236
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Vs Taller
70%28-12

Pressure Situations