Fabrice Santoro vs Karim Alami — Rotterdam Round of 32

Rotterdam · ATP · Round of 32
FRA
Fabrice Santoro
53 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 14 February 2000
hard
MAR
Karim Alami
53 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLLLLLL
Santoro F.
7-5 6-4
Alami K.
Santoro F.
762
Alami K.
54–

Fabrice Santoro defeated Karim Alami 7-5 6-4 in the Rotterdam round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Karim Alami came in leading the head-to-head 2–1, but Fabrice Santoro had been the form player, winning 1 of their last 5 on hard. Fabrice Santoro narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2001-03-05Delray BeachR32hardFabrice Santoro6-3 6-4
2000-10-16ToulouseR32hardKarim Alami3-6 7-5 7-6(5)
2000-09-18Sydney OlympicsR16hardKarim Alami6-2 5-7 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Santoro F.serving82% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Alami K.

Alami K.serving78% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Santoro F.

Even serve battle

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
Santoro F.Alami K.
1st serve in·Even
57%
57%
1st serve points won·Even
69%
70%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
49%
Service points won·Even
61%
61%
Return points won·Even
38%
36%
Break points saved·Even
60%
58%
Aces / match·Even
4.2
4.6
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.8
3.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 74). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
5°CPartly cloudy
Wind 15 km/hHumidity 86%

Draw

Final
Pioline C.
Henman T.
6-736-47-64
Semi-finals
Henman T.
Kafelnikov Y.
6-34-66-3
Pioline C.
Golmard J.
6-36-4
Quarter-finals
Henman T.
Hrbaty D.
7-636-2
Golmard J.
Norman M.
6-46-3
Kafelnikov Y.
Rusedski G.
6-736-46-4
Pioline C.
Kiefer N.
2-66-37-5
R16
Kafelnikov Y.
Escude N.
6-36-3
Hrbaty D.
Bjorkman J.
7-636-3
Henman T.
Santoro F.
6-27-5
Norman M.
Wessels P.
6-46-3
Pioline C.
Grosjean S.
7-656-736-3
Kiefer N.
Novak J.
5-76-27-63
Golmard J.
Siemerink J.
6-47-64
Rusedski G.
Dewulf F.
7-636-4
R32
Novak J.
Johansson T.
4-66-36-2
Grosjean S.
Medvedev A.
7-56-3
Pioline C.
Voinea A.
6-26-3
Norman M.
Schalken S.
6-36-746-3
Hrbaty D.
Safin M.
4-66-17-67
Kafelnikov Y.
Kulti N.
6-26-2
Henman T.
Martin A.
6-26-2
Wessels P.
Pavel A.
6-46-736-4
Golmard J.
Zabaleta M.
6-26-3
Bjorkman J.
Lapentti N.
7-656-2
Rusedski G.
Kucera K.
6-27-5
Escude N.
Prinosil D.
6-46-1
Santoro F.
Alami K.
7-56-4
Dewulf F.
Ivanisevic G.
6-32-66-4
Siemerink J.
Enqvist T.
6-37-65
Kiefer N.
Vacek D.
6-26-4