Greg Rusedski vs Fabrice Santoro — Basel Round of 32

Basel · ATP · Round of 32
GBR
Greg Rusedski
52 yrs · 193 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WLLWLLLLLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 4 October 1999
hard
FRA
Fabrice Santoro
53 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLWLLL
Rusedski G.
7-6 6-2
Santoro F.
Rusedski G.
7762
Santoro F.
632–

Greg Rusedski defeated Fabrice Santoro 7-6 6-2 in the Basel round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Fabrice Santoro came in leading the head-to-head 3–1, defending last year's quarter-final. Greg Rusedski narrowed the head-to-head to 3–2.

Key context

  • Match story: Greg Rusedski closed it out in two sets, 7–6 6–2.

Head to head

1–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2006-02-13MarseilleR16hardFabrice Santoro6-3 6-2
2002-02-11MarseilleR16hardGreg Rusedski6-3 5-7 6-4
2001-05-28Roland GarrosR64clayFabrice Santoro6-1 6-7(4) 6-3 7-5
1998-01-05DohaQFhardFabrice Santoro6-2 3-6 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Rusedski G.serving89% hold

wins 69% of points on serve vs Santoro F.

Santoro F.serving87% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Rusedski G.

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
Rusedski G.Santoro F.
1st serve in·Even
60%
57%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
78%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
53%
51%
Service points won·Slight edge
68%
61%
Return points won·Slight edge
33%
38%
Break points saved·Slight edge
67%
60%
Aces / match·Dominant
10.7
4.2
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.9
1.8

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

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Kucera K.
Henman T.
6-47-6104-64-67-62
Semi-finals
Henman T.
Ivanisevic G.
6-36-4
Kucera K.
Kiefer N.
6-46-3
Quarter-finals
Kiefer N.
Rusedski G.
2-67-646-3
Ivanisevic G.
Kafelnikov Y.
4-66-36-4
Henman T.
Federer R.
6-37-5
Kucera K.
Agassi A.
6-47-5
R16
Henman T.
Medvedev A.
5-76-46-1
Kafelnikov Y.
Roux L.
6-17-61
Ivanisevic G.
Woodruff C.
7-54-67-65
Federer R.
Popp A.
6-27-5
Kiefer N.
Novak J.
6-36-726-1
Rusedski G.
Hrbaty D.
6-26-2
Kucera K.
Arazi H.
6-17-65
Agassi A.
Escude N.
6-45-77-5
R32
Kafelnikov Y.
Spadea V.
6-37-5
Roux L.
Manta L.
7-53-67-62
Popp A.
Kornienko I.
7-56-4
Federer R.
Damm Sr M.
6-23-66-4
Rusedski G.
Santoro F.
7-636-2
Arazi H.
Lapentti N.
6-33-66-3
Kucera K.
Johansson T.
7-56-3
Escude N.
Schuettler R.
6-26-3
Woodruff C.
Koubek S.
3-66-26-2
Hrbaty D.
Pavel A.
6-26-0
Novak J.
Vacek D.
6-46-4
Ivanisevic G.
Enqvist T.
6-44-67-5
Kiefer N.
Larsson M.
6-16-4
Henman T.
Bastl G.
5-76-26-2
Medvedev A.
Safin M.
2-66-47-62
Agassi A.
Siemerink J.
6-36-4