Alex Obrien vs Thomas Johansson — Adelaide Round of 16

Adelaide · ATP · Round of 16
USA
Alex Obrien
56 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 30 December 1996
hard
SWE
Thomas Johansson
51 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Obrien A.
6-4 3-6 6-4
Johansson T.
Obrien A.
6362
Johansson T.
4641

Alex Obrien defeated Thomas Johansson 6-4 3-6 6-4 in the Adelaide round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Thomas Johansson came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Alex Obrien claimed a first win over Thomas Johansson in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Alex Obrien closed it out in three sets, 6–4 3–6 6–4.

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
1997-10-06SingaporeR32hardThomas Johansson6-2 1-6 7-5

Serve vs return

This season
Obrien A.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Johansson T.

Johansson T.serving88% hold

wins 68% of points on serve vs Obrien A.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Obrien A.Johansson T.
1st serve in·Slight edge
65%
57%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
69%
75%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
51%
Service points won·Even
63%
65%
Return points won·Even
36%
35%
Break points saved·Even
61%
63%
Aces / match·Dominant
5.1
8.8
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.6
2.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (90 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Weather
22°CClear
Wind 12 km/hHumidity 31%

Draw

Final
Woodbridge T.
Draper S.
6-26-1
Semi-finals
Draper S.
Tarango J.
6-13-66-2
Woodbridge T.
Tillstrom M.
6-767-636-3
Quarter-finals
Tarango J.
Bjorkman J.
6-16-727-615
Draper S.
Kucera K.
6-47-5
Tillstrom M.
Cherkasov A.
6-26-4
Woodbridge T.
Obrien A.
6-46-4
R16
Tillstrom M.
Black B.
W/O
Draper S.
Ulihrach B.
7-621-66-3
Obrien A.
Johansson T.
6-43-66-4
Bjorkman J.
Stark J.
6-46-2
Cherkasov A.
Rafter P.
6-27-613
Woodbridge T.
Novak J.
6-37-65
Kucera K.
Woodforde M.
6-36-4
Tarango J.
Prinosil D.
6-26-4
R32
Johansson T.
Blanco G.
6-46-3
Woodbridge T.
Vacek D.
4-66-36-3
Rafter P.
Salzenstein J.
6-46-3
Black B.
Carlsen K.
6-46-3
Tillstrom M.
Kafelnikov Y.
6-26-2
Bjorkman J.
Kulti N.
7-56-1
Obrien A.
Goellner M.
6-756-47-69
Prinosil D.
Dosedel S.
6-36-2
Tarango J.
Damm Sr M.
6-36-3
Novak J.
Tebbutt M.
7-51-67-64
Stark J.
Medvedev A.
6-16-1
Ulihrach B.
Pereira N.
6-46-4
Draper S.
Radulescu A.
6-33-66-3
Kucera K.
Stolle S.
6-14-66-0
Woodforde M.
Fromberg R.
6-36-3
Cherkasov A.
Furlan R.
4-66-46-4