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Lleyton Hewitt vs Marat Safin Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Lleyton Hewitt seasons:20162015201420132012
Marat Safin seasons:20092008200720062005
🇦🇺 Lleyton Hewitt
🇷🇺 Marat Safin
Age: 45y 69d (1981-02-24)
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
(1980-01-27) Age: 46y 97d
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
7 - 7
Wins: 50.0% - 50.0%
Hard 5–3Clay 1–2Grass 1–0
Davis Cup 1–0Masters 1000 2–5Finals 1–1Others 1–0Slam 0–1250 2–0
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🇦🇺Lleyton Hewitt and 🇷🇺Marat Safin have built a notable rivalry on the ATP Tour, having clashed 14 times. The series is tied 7–7.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇦🇺Lleyton Hewitt has compiled an overall career record of 616–262 across 878 matches, translating to a win rate of 70.16%. On hard courts his record stands at 372–158 (70.19%), while on clay he holds a 98–57 (63.23%) mark. On grass the numbers read 129–41 (75.88%) , and on carpet 17–6 (73.91%). Throughout his career he has won 30 titles (20 hard, 2 clay, 8 grass). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 65–73 (47.10%).

🇷🇺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 8 times, with Lleyton Hewitt leading 5–3 (62.50%). The clay record between them sits at 2–1 (66.67% for Marat Safin) across 3 matches. On grass, their 1 encounter has yielded a record of 1–0 (100.00% for Lleyton Hewitt).

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2009-04-12Monte Carlo MastersClayR6421🇷🇺Marat Safin57🇦🇺Lleyton Hewitt (WC)6-4 7-539610363.6%71.4%45.8%4/6
2008-03-03Las VegasHardR3224🇦🇺Lleyton Hewitt (2)87🇷🇺Marat Safin (WC)6-2 6-13577250.0%82.6%65.2%2/2
2007-02-26Las VegasHardSF20🇦🇺Lleyton Hewitt (2)24🇷🇺Marat Safin (3)7-5 6-13815352.9%70.3%54.5%1/2
2005-01-17Australian OpenHardF4🇷🇺Marat Safin (4)3🇦🇺Lleyton Hewitt (3)1-6 6-3 6-4 6-4516518160.0%72.7%56.8%5/8
2004-11-01Paris MastersCarpetQF7🇷🇺Marat Safin (6)3🇦🇺Lleyton Hewitt (2)6-4 7-6(2)310010158.2%80.4%51.5%5/6
2004-08-02Cincinnati MastersHardQF10🇦🇺Lleyton Hewitt (10)14🇷🇺Marat Safin (14)6-4 6-43832143.9%80.0%68.8%2/2
2002-11-11Masters CupHardRR1🇦🇺Lleyton Hewitt3🇷🇺Marat Safin6-4 2-6 6-431363441.3%73.7%53.7%4/7
2002-10-28Paris MastersCarpetF5🇷🇺Marat Safin (3)1🇦🇺Lleyton Hewitt (1)7-6(4) 6-0 6-4513813257.1%82.7%51.3%4/5
2002-05-13Hamburg MastersClayQF5🇷🇺Marat Safin (6)1🇦🇺Lleyton Hewitt (1)6-3 6-13565164.1%92.0%64.3%0/0
2002-03-18Miami MastersHardQF1🇦🇺Lleyton Hewitt (1)7🇷🇺Marat Safin (6)2-6 6-2 7-6(4)31645745.9%76.0%40.7%6/11
2001-05-21World Team CupClayF6🇦🇺Lleyton Hewitt2🇷🇺Marat Safin6-3 6-43904356.5%84.6%65.0%2/3
2000-11-27Tennis Masters CupHardRR1🇷🇺Marat Safin (1)6🇦🇺Lleyton Hewitt (6)6-4 6-43------0/0
1999-10-25Stuttgart MastersHardR6436🇷🇺Marat Safin25🇦🇺Lleyton Hewitt7-6(7) 3-6 6-2311615148.0%80.9%49.0%4/7
1999-09-24Davis Cup WG SF: AUS vs RUSGrassRR31🇦🇺Lleyton Hewitt36🇷🇺Marat Safin7-6(0) 6-2 4-6 6-35------0/0

Wins

Lleyton Hewitt
Marat Safin
7–7Overall
0–1Grand Slam
2–5Masters 1000
2–0ATP 250
1–0Others
1–1Tour Finals
1–0Davis Cup
5–3Hard
1–2Clay
1–0Grass
0–2Indoor Hard

Sets Format

54.5%6
45.5%5
Bo3
33.3%1
66.7%2
Bo5
50.0%4
50.0%4
2 Sets
50.0%2
50.0%2
3 Sets
50.0%1
50.0%1
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Lleyton Hewitt
Marat Safin

Deciding

66.7%2
33.3%1
Decider Set
40.0%2
60.0%3
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Lleyton Hewitt
Marat Safin

Sets

47.2%17
52.8%19
All
25.0%1
75.0%3
Grand Slam
29.4%5
70.6%12
Masters 1000
57.1%12
42.9%9
Hard
75.0%3
25.0%1
Grass
33.3%2
66.7%4
Clay
0.0%0
100.0%5
Carpet
Lleyton Hewitt
Marat Safin

Games

50.0%173
50.0%173
All
47.2%17
52.8%19
Grand Slam
43.8%74
56.2%95
Masters 1000
53.3%105
46.7%92
Hard
57.5%23
42.5%17
Grass
43.9%25
56.1%32
Clay
38.5%20
61.5%32
Carpet
Lleyton Hewitt
Marat Safin

H2H Series Progression

HardClayGrassCarpet

Overview

By Surface

Lleyton Hewitt
Marat Safin

By Tournament Level

Lleyton Hewitt
Marat Safin

By Round

Lleyton Hewitt
Marat Safin

By Opponent Ranking

Lleyton HewittMarat Safin
0%0-18
vs Top 1
28.6%4-10
40.2%35-52
vs Top 5
42.3%22-30
47.1%65-73
vs Top 10
49.5%49-50
51.5%118-111
vs Top 20
49.7%87-88
65.9%470-243
vs Top 100
58%330-239
88.5%146-19
vs +100
76.5%91-28
48.2%122-131
vs Higher
46.5%93-107
79.2%494-130
vs Lower
67.2%328-160

Opponent Breakdown

Lleyton HewittMarat Safin
62.8%235-139
Vs Younger
55.4%150-121
75.6%381-123
Vs Older
65.1%272-146
69.1%530-237
Vs Right-Handed
61.8%375-232
77.3%85-25
Vs Left-Handed
57.3%47-35
67.4%317-153
Vs 2H Backhand
57.5%176-130
67.7%170-81
Vs 1H Backhand
59.5%135-92
78%64-18
Vs Shorter
61.2%373-236
69%516-232
Vs Taller
70%28-12

Pressure Situations