Points won by each set: | 35-24, 25-31, 28-17 |
Points won directly on serve:
25 % Safin – 21 of 82
15 % Martin – 12 of 78

# Chela lost eight Masters 1K quarterfinals, Martin [67] five – it was his fourth and third in Monaco. Safin [25] was in very good form of 2004 after not playing for the majority of 2003. The Russian won the last five games of the match after saving a break point in the opening game of the decider.

Serve & volley: Safin 3/7, Martin 0

# Martin’s five Masters 1K quarterfinals [his ranking in brackets]:
Monte Carlo ’01: [69, Q]… Coria 3-6, 6-4, 3-6
Hamburg ’01: [41, LL]… Portas 3-6, 2-6
Monte Carlo ’03: [65, Q]… Ferrero 0-6, 2-6
Monte Carlo ’04: [67]… Safin 3-6, 6-3, 1-6
Rome ’05: [62]… Ferrer 6-2, 3-6, 5-7 – 3 m.p.