Head to head
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Hard
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Clay
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James Blake's wins on the left · Marat Safin's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
All meetings (4)
| 2006 | Bangkok | Hard | SF | James Blake | 3-6 6-4 7-6(3) |
| 2006 | Davis Cup WG SF: RUS vs USA | Clay | RR | James Blake | 7-5 7-6(4) |
| 2006 | Washington | Hard | R16 | Marat Safin | 7-6(6) 7-6(5) |
| 2004 | Australian Open | Hard | R16 | Marat Safin | 7-6(3) 6-3 6-7(6) 6-3 |
Methodology
Head-to-head totals and surface splits exclude walkovers (no match was played), which follows ATP convention — walkover meetings still appear in the match list. The momentum chart plots the running lead across all counted meetings, oldest to newest.