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Karol Kucera vs Marat Safin Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Karol Kucera seasons:20052004200320022001
Marat Safin seasons:20092008200720062005
πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡° Karol Kucera
πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί Marat Safin
Age: 52y 16d (1974-03-04)
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
(1980-01-27) Age: 46y 52d
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
4 - 3
Wins: 57.1% - 42.9%
Hard 2–1Clay 2–1Grass 0–0
250 1–0Slam 1–0Davis Cup 1–1Others 1–0Masters 1000 0–1Olympics 0–1
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πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡°Karol Kucera and πŸ‡·πŸ‡ΊMarat Safin have met 7 times. Karol Kucera currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 4–3.

Looking at their individual career profiles, πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡°Karol Kucera has compiled an overall career record of 293–244 across 537 matches, translating to a win rate of 54.56%. On hard courts his record stands at 122–100 (54.95%), while on clay he holds a 76–84 (47.50%) mark. On grass the numbers read 37–25 (59.68%) , and on carpet 58–35 (62.37%). Throughout his career he has won 6 titles (3 hard, 1 grass, 2 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 28–41 (40.58%).

πŸ‡·πŸ‡ΊMarat 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 3 times, with Karol Kucera leading 2–1 (66.67%). The clay record between them sits at 2–1 (66.67% for Karol Kucera) across 3 matches.

Dateβ–Ό
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2004-08-16Athens OlympicsHardR6413πŸ‡·πŸ‡ΊMarat Safin (9)115πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡°Karol Kucera6-0 6-43------0/0
2001-10-29Paris MastersCarpetR327πŸ‡·πŸ‡ΊMarat Safin (5)122πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡°Karol Kucera (Q)7-6(2) 5-7 6-431489456.9%72.9%50.9%9/12
2001-02-09Davis Cup WG R1: SVK vs RUSHardRR75πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡°Karol Kucera1πŸ‡·πŸ‡ΊMarat Safin3-6 4-6 6-3 7-5 6-25------0/0
2000-05-21World Team CupClayF37πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡°Karol Kucera12πŸ‡·πŸ‡ΊMarat Safin6-3 6-23-7152.1%74.4%51.9%4/11
1999-07-16Davis Cup WG QF: RUS vs SVKClayRR37πŸ‡·πŸ‡ΊMarat Safin13πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡°Karol Kucera2-6 6-4 6-2 6-45------0/0
1999-01-18Australian OpenHardR3211πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡°Karol Kucera (7)47πŸ‡·πŸ‡ΊMarat Safin6-2 6-3 6-25905463.9%81.1%46.7%2/3
1998-08-03AmsterdamClayR3214πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡°Karol Kucera (1)77πŸ‡·πŸ‡ΊMarat Safin6-2 3-6 7-6(5)31274449.5%64.4%58.7%1/4

Wins

Karol Kucera
Marat Safin
4–3Overall
1–0Grand Slam
0–1Masters 1000
1–0ATP 250
1–0Others
0–1Olympics
1–1Davis Cup
2–1Hard
2–1Clay
0–1Indoor Hard

Sets Format

50.0%2
50.0%2
Bo3
66.7%2
33.3%1
Bo5
50.0%1
50.0%1
2 Sets
66.7%2
33.3%1
3 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%1
4 Sets
100.0%1
0.0%0
5 Sets
Karol Kucera
Marat Safin

Deciding

66.7%2
33.3%1
Decider Set
50.0%1
50.0%1
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Karol Kucera
Marat Safin

Sets

54.5%12
45.5%10
All
100.0%3
0.0%0
Grand Slam
33.3%1
66.7%2
Masters 1000
60.0%6
40.0%4
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
55.6%5
44.4%4
Clay
33.3%1
66.7%2
Carpet
Karol Kucera
Marat Safin

Games

52.7%109
47.3%98
All
72.0%18
28.0%7
Grand Slam
48.6%17
51.4%18
Masters 1000
53.9%48
46.1%41
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
53.0%44
47.0%39
Clay
48.6%17
51.4%18
Carpet
Karol Kucera
Marat Safin

Overview

By Surface

Karol Kucera
Marat Safin

By Tournament Level

Karol Kucera
Marat Safin

By Round

Karol Kucera
Marat Safin

By Opponent Ranking

Karol KuceraMarat Safin
50%4-4
vs Top 1
28.6%4-10
48.4%15-16
vs Top 5
42.3%22-30
40.6%28-41
vs Top 10
49.5%49-50
41.3%52-74
vs Top 20
49.7%87-88
51.7%214-200
vs Top 100
58%330-239
63.6%77-44
vs +100
76.5%91-28
43.2%108-142
vs Higher
46.5%93-107
64.2%183-102
vs Lower
67.2%328-160

Opponent Breakdown

Karol KuceraMarat Safin
52.9%135-120
Vs Younger
55.4%150-121
55.9%157-124
Vs Older
65.1%272-146
53.9%242-207
Vs Right-Handed
61.8%375-232
57.5%50-37
Vs Left-Handed
57.3%47-35
51.9%97-90
Vs 2H Backhand
57.5%176-130
42%47-65
Vs 1H Backhand
59.5%135-92
57%134-101
Vs Shorter
61.2%373-236
54%107-91
Vs Taller
70%28-12

Pressure Situations