ATP Challenger Tour · Round of 32 · Istanbul
Final score
Playing styles and historical archetype record
Poljak
⚙️ Grinder
Safiullin
🤖 Servebot
Matchup analysis
The 🤖 Servebot archetype wins about 58% vs ⚙️ Grinder across 5,936 matches in our dataset. That is a small stylistic lean for Roman Safiullin here.
Servebot players often use high ace rate and dominant service to pressure the grinder's relentless consistency. On Hard, that can swing with conditions.
Hypothetical if you put 1u on each player to win every one of their matches · Last 90 days
| Metric | Poljak | Safiullin |
|---|---|---|
| W-L | 0–1 | 16–5 |
| Avg odds | 4.41 | 1.90 |
| ROI % | -100.0% | +25.9% |
| Units P/L | -1.00u | +5.44u |
Small sample: ROI stabilizes with more matches; fewer than 10 in the window is noisy.
Prior meetings and scores · 1 career meeting
1
Poljak
0
Safiullin
Serve and return comparison · Last 90 days
| Stat | Poljak | Safiullin |
|---|---|---|
| Serve | ||
| 1st Serve In % | 70% | 63.8% |
| 1st Serve Pts Won % | 77.1% | 72.4% |
| 2nd Serve Pts Won % | 46.7% | 51.4% |
| Aces / Match | 4 | 7 |
| Double Faults / Match | 2 | 3.5 |
| Break Points Saved % | 50% | 54% |
| Return | ||
| 1st Return Pts Won % | 43.5% | 31.3% |
| 2nd Return Pts Won % | 71.4% | 49.8% |
| BP Converted % | 62.5% | 39% |
| Rally | ||
| Winners / Match | 18 | 35.7 |
| Unforced Errors / Match | 12 | 29.8 |
| Net Pts Won % | 80% | 82% |
| Total Pts Won % | 62.8% | 50.9% |
| Surface (Hard) | ||
| Hard Win % | 0% | 0% |
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Matchup overview
David Poljak and Roman Safiullin face off in the Round of 32 at Istanbul on Hard.
David Poljak leads 1-0 over 1 previous meeting.
David Poljak is 1-4 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: L vs Peter Makk (May 24).
Roman Safiullin is 2-3 over the last 5 matches. Latest result: W vs August Holmgren (Jun 16).
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