Max Mirnyi vs Kristian Pless — Moscow Round of 32

Moscow · ATP · Round of 32
BLR
Max Mirnyi
49 yrs · 196 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 23 October 2000
hard
DEN
Kristian Pless
45 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLW
Mirnyi M.
7-6 6-1
Pless K.
Mirnyi M.
71062
Pless K.
681–

Max Mirnyi defeated Kristian Pless 7-6 6-1 in the Moscow round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Kristian Pless came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, but Max Mirnyi had been the form player, winning 1 of their last 4 on hard. Max Mirnyi claimed a first win over Kristian Pless in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Max Mirnyi came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 7–6 6–1.

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2002-01-14Australian OpenR128hardKristian Pless3-6 6-3 6-4 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Mirnyi M.serving91% hold

wins 71% of points on serve vs Pless K.

Pless K.serving88% hold

wins 68% of points on serve vs Mirnyi M.

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
Mirnyi M.Pless K.
1st serve in·Even
63%
61%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
76%
70%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
51%
Service points won·Slight edge
67%
62%
Return points won·Even
33%
35%
Break points saved·Even
64%
60%
Aces / match·Dominant
10.1
6.2
Double faults / match·Even
3.8
3.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 120). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Kafelnikov Y.
Prinosil D.
6-27-5
Semi-finals
Prinosil D.
Safin M.
6-746-36-3
Kafelnikov Y.
Rosset M.
4-66-27-5
Quarter-finals
Rosset M.
Youzhny M.
6-726-47-62
Kafelnikov Y.
Burgsmuller L.
6-36-2
Safin M.
Voltchkov V.
7-656-1
Prinosil D.
Bjorkman J.
7-635-77-65
R16
Burgsmuller L.
Novak J.
5-76-16-3
Safin M.
Pozzi G.
6-17-5
Voltchkov V.
Ilie A.
7-54-66-4
Prinosil D.
Levy H.
6-36-0
Bjorkman J.
Mirnyi M.
6-33-66-1
Kafelnikov Y.
Martin A.
6-36-1
Youzhny M.
Johansson T.
4-66-27-65
Rosset M.
Gustafsson M.
6-36-4
R32
Burgsmuller L.
Damm Sr M.
2-60-1
Kafelnikov Y.
Golovanov D.
7-646-4
Pozzi G.
Koubek S.
3-66-16-2
Safin M.
Schuettler R.
6-46-4
Ilie A.
Phau B.
6-16-2
Voltchkov V.
Vicente F.
7-54-66-3
Prinosil D.
Nestor D.
6-756-36-3
Levy H.
Ruud C.
6-46-1
Bjorkman J.
Ketola T.
6-27-5
Mirnyi M.
Pless K.
7-686-1
Youzhny M.
Santoro F.
6-46-2
Johansson T.
Portas A.
6-34-66-4
Gustafsson M.
Clavet F.
6-46-4
Rosset M.
Cherkasov A.
6-26-4
Novak J.
Ivanisevic G.
3-66-36-4
Martin A.
Kroslak J.
6-766-36-4