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Marat Safin vs Pete Sampras Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Marat Safin seasons:20092008200720062005
Pete Sampras seasons:20022001200019991998
πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί Marat Safin
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Pete Sampras
Age: 46y 52d (1980-01-27)
Hand: R
Backhand: 2H
(1971-08-12) Age: 54y 220d
Hand: R
Backhand: 1H
4 - 3
Wins: 57.1% - 42.9%
Hard 3–3Clay 1–0Grass 0–0
Slam 2–2Masters 1000 1–0Finals 0–1Others 1–0
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πŸ‡·πŸ‡ΊMarat Safin and πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈPete Sampras have met 7 times. Marat Safin currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 4–3.

Looking at their individual career profiles, πŸ‡·πŸ‡ΊMarat Safin has compiled an overall career record of 422–267 across 689 matches, translating to a win rate of 61.25%. On hard courts his record stands at 215–140 (60.56%), while on clay he holds a 121–82 (59.61%) mark. On grass the numbers read 26–19 (57.78%) , and on carpet 60–26 (69.77%). Throughout his career he has won 15 titles (10 hard, 2 clay, 3 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 49–50 (49.49%).

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈPete Sampras, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 762–222 from 984 matches (77.44% win rate). His hard-court record is 429–103 (80.64%), on clay he stands at 90–54 (62.50%), and on grass he has gone 101–20 (83.47%) , with a carpet record of 142–45 (75.94%). He has accumulated 64 titles in total (36 hard, 3 clay, 10 grass, 15 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 124–71 (63.59%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 6 times, the record is tied 3–3 (50.00% each). The clay record between them sits at 1–0 (100.00% for Marat Safin) across 1 matches.

Dateβ–Ό
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
2002-01-14Australian OpenHardR1611πŸ‡·πŸ‡ΊMarat Safin (9)10πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈPete Sampras (8)6-2 6-4 6-7(5) 7-6(8)521322444.9%81.4%57.0%6/7
2001-08-27US OpenHardSF10πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈPete Sampras (10)3πŸ‡·πŸ‡ΊMarat Safin (3)6-3 7-6(5) 6-3511420863.7%81.5%54.1%3/3
2001-05-21World Team CupClayRR2πŸ‡·πŸ‡ΊMarat Safin5πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈPete Sampras7-6(0) 7-53904356.5%84.6%65.0%2/3
2000-11-27Tennis Masters CupHardRR3πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈPete Sampras (3)1πŸ‡·πŸ‡ΊMarat Safin (1)6-3 6-23------0/0
2000-08-28US OpenHardF7πŸ‡·πŸ‡ΊMarat Safin (6)4πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈPete Sampras (4)6-4 6-3 6-359812248.8%85.0%61.9%2/2
2000-07-31Canada MastersHardQF9πŸ‡·πŸ‡ΊMarat Safin (8)2πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈPete Sampras (2)6-4 3-6 7-6(10)312213156.4%81.1%56.1%2/3
1998-08-31US OpenHardR161πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈPete Sampras (1)60πŸ‡·πŸ‡ΊMarat Safin6-4 6-3 6-25-18765.1%89.9%45.9%2/2

Wins

Marat Safin
Pete Sampras
4–3Overall
2–2Grand Slam
1–0Masters 1000
1–0Others
0–1Tour Finals
3–3Hard
1–0Clay

Sets Format

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

Deciding

100.0%1
0.0%0
Decider Set
75.0%3
25.0%1
Tiebreak Wins
100.0%1
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Marat Safin
Pete Sampras

Sets

50.0%10
50.0%10
All
46.2%6
53.8%7
Grand Slam
66.7%2
33.3%1
Masters 1000
44.4%8
55.6%10
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
100.0%2
0.0%0
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Marat Safin
Pete Sampras

Games

48.5%99
51.5%105
All
49.2%64
50.8%66
Grand Slam
50.0%16
50.0%16
Masters 1000
47.5%85
52.5%94
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
56.0%14
44.0%11
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Marat Safin
Pete Sampras

Overview

By Surface

Marat Safin
Pete Sampras

By Tournament Level

Marat Safin
Pete Sampras

By Round

Marat Safin
Pete Sampras

By Opponent Ranking

Marat SafinPete Sampras
28.6%4-10
vs Top 1
46.2%6-7
42.3%22-30
vs Top 5
62.9%61-36
49.5%49-50
vs Top 10
63.6%124-71
49.7%87-88
vs Top 20
65.5%220-116
58%330-239
vs Top 100
74.8%618-208
76.5%91-28
vs +100
91.5%140-13
46.5%93-107
vs Higher
49.5%50-51
67.2%328-160
vs Lower
80.7%708-169

Opponent Breakdown

Marat SafinPete Sampras
55.4%150-121
Vs Younger
76.4%305-94
65.1%272-146
Vs Older
78.1%457-128
61.8%375-232
Vs Right-Handed
76%619-195
57.3%47-35
Vs Left-Handed
84.1%143-27
57.5%176-130
Vs 2H Backhand
73.1%198-73
59.5%135-92
Vs 1H Backhand
71.8%122-48
61.2%373-236
Vs Shorter
80.1%314-78
70%28-12
Vs Taller
76.1%318-100

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