Alexander Zverev wins against Roman Safiullin 6-7(2) 7-6(5) 6-3 in the final in Chengdu on Tuesday. The battle lasted 2 hours and 56 minutes. He won this tournament after playing this event for the first time in his career.

Chengdu
Zverev's Record

Alexander added $ 73,055 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned $ 175,340 in total after winning this tournament.

Highlights Alexander Zverev vs. Roman Safiullin Chengdu Open – Chengdu

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Zverev
Safiullin
6-72 7-65 6-3
2h:56
111
111
Total points
104
104
62
62
Winners
49
49
56%
56%
Ratio Winners
47%
47%
-- Serve --
10
10
Aces
8
8
1
1
Double Faults
4
4
76%
76%
1st in
62%
62%
77%
77%
1st won
72%
72%
62/81
62/81
1st won
49/68
49/68
52%
52%
2nd won
59%
59%
13/25
13/25
2nd won
24/41
24/41
-- Break Points --
2/10
2/10
Total
1/2
1/2
20%
20%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, Alexander scored 111 points vs. Roman’s 104.

Zverev

Alexander served extremely well to win 77% of the points (62/81) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (13/25) on his second serve. The German blasted 10 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Alexander won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points after he converted only 20% (2/10) of the procured opportunities.

Safiullin

On the other side, Roman was well focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (1/2). Notwithstanding, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Zverev and Safiullin is 2-0 for Alexander.

This was the 21st career title for the German. (see list of titles and finals). This was Safiullin’s 1st final. (see list of titles and finals)

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Safiullin 7-6
SafiullinZverev
7
6
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
SafiullinZverev
7
6
1
0
2
0
3
0
3
1
3
2
4
2
5
2
6
2
SafiullinZverev
6
6
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
SafiullinZverev
5
6
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
SafiullinZverev
5
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
SafiullinZverev
4
5
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
SafiullinZverev
4
4
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
40
30
SafiullinZverev
3
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
SafiullinZverev
3
3
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
SafiullinZverev
2
3
0
15
15
15
15
30
15
40
SafiullinZverev
2
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
SafiullinZverev
1
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
SafiullinZverev
1
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
SafiullinZverev
0
1
0
15
0
30
0
40

Roman won the set after he broke Alexander .

Safiullin wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 11th game (5-5 30-40). On the other side, Alexander was perfect in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-1 30-40), the 10th (5-4 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 14th game (5-7 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 88 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Roman won just 2 more points than Alexander (45-43

). Safiullin lost 18 points on serve (38-18). on the other side of the court, the German conceded 7 points on serve (25-7).
2nd Set -
Zverev 7-6
ZverevSafiullin
7
6
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
ZverevSafiullin
7
6
1
0
1
1
2
1
2
2
3
2
4
2
4
3
5
3
5
4
5
5
6
5
ZverevSafiullin
6
6
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
ZverevSafiullin
5
6
0
15
0
30
0
40
ZverevSafiullin
5
5
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
ZverevSafiullin
4
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
ZverevSafiullin
4
4
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
ZverevSafiullin
3
4
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
ZverevSafiullin
3
3
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
ZverevSafiullin
2
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
ZverevSafiullin
2
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
ZverevSafiullin
1
2
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
ZverevSafiullin
0
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40

Zverev started the set in the best possible way after breaking Roman Safiullin in the 2nd game (2-0). Notwithstanding, Zverev refused to bow to find the way to come back to break the Russian in the 3rd (1-2) game before winning the set (7-6).

The German converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Roman was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 1st game (0-0 30-40).

They played 86 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Alexander won just 2 more points than Roman (44-42). Alexander dropped 21 points on serve (35-21). In addition, on the other side, Safiullin conceded 9 points on serve (21-9).

3rd Set -
Zverev 6-3
ZverevSafiullin
6
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
ZverevSafiullin
5
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
ZverevSafiullin
5
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
ZverevSafiullin
4
2
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
40
A
ZverevSafiullin
4
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
ZverevSafiullin
3
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
ZverevSafiullin
2
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15
ZverevSafiullin
1
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40

Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that the German grabbed in the 4th game (3-1) before eventually winning the set (6-3).

Zverev was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (2-1 15-40). On the other side, Zverev didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 41 points. The German was the winner of the set after clinching 7 points more than Roman (24-17). Alexander was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). In addition, on the other side, Roman conceded 8 points on serve (14-8).

1st
Zverev
Safiullin
6-7
6
7
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Zverev
Safiullin
7-6
7
6
6
6
5
6
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
2
0
2
0
1
3rd
Zverev
Safiullin
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0