Gianluca Pozzi vs Karol Kucera — Paris Masters Round of 64

Paris Masters · ATP · Round of 64
ITA
Gianluca Pozzi
61 yrs · 180 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLLLLLW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 13 November 2000
hard
SVK
Karol Kucera
52 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWLWLWL
Pozzi G.
4-6 7-5 7-6
Kucera K.
Pozzi G.
47782
Kucera K.
65661

Gianluca Pozzi defeated Karol Kucera 4-6 7-5 7-6 in the Paris Masters round of 64 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Karol Kucera came in defending last year's round of 32.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Pozzi G.serving74% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Kucera K.

Kucera K.serving78% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Pozzi G.

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
Pozzi G.Kucera K.
1st serve in·Slight edge
45%
56%
1st serve points won·Even
75%
71%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
48%
Service points won·Even
61%
61%
Return points won·Even
38%
40%
Break points saved·Slight edge
61%
56%
Aces / match·Even
5.6
5.5
Double faults / match·Dominant
2.8
4.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (77 vs 173). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Weather
9°COvercast
Wind 12 km/hHumidity 88%

Draw

Final
Safin M.
Philippoussis M.
3-67-676-43-67-68
Semi-finals
Philippoussis M.
Kuerten G.
7-657-611
Safin M.
Ferrero J.
6-26-2
Quarter-finals
Philippoussis M.
Prinosil D.
4-66-47-63
Ferrero J.
Santoro F.
6-46-7107-5
Safin M.
Corretja A.
7-656-3
Kuerten G.
Costa A.
6-47-6
R16
Costa A.
Pozzi G.
6-26-4
Kuerten G.
Rafter P.
6-47-64
Safin M.
Grosjean S.
6-27-64
Corretja A.
Ferreira W.
6-36-4
Santoro F.
Rosset M.
6-43-67-63
Ferrero J.
Gambill J.
4-67-56-4
Prinosil D.
Chang M.
4-67-666-4
Philippoussis M.
Kafelnikov Y.
6-46-2
R32
Ferrero J.
Lapentti N.
7-53-66-3
Gambill J.
Huet S.
6-37-5
Safin M.
Bastl G.
7-56-4
Santoro F.
Norman M.
6-26-4
Corretja A.
Clement A.
6-26-726-3
Ferreira W.
Mirnyi M.
6-42-66-4
Philippoussis M.
Hrbaty D.
1-67-617-61
Kafelnikov Y.
Gustafsson M.
7-656-4
Pozzi G.
Enqvist T.
6-21-67-65
Costa A.
Henman T.
6-46-4
Rafter P.
Boutter J.
6-36-2
Grosjean S.
Haas T.
7-56-4
Rosset M.
Pioline C.
7-57-5
Kuerten G.
Woodruff C.
6-37-60
Prinosil D.
Squillari F.
6-36-3
Chang M.
Levy H.
6-756-46-4
R64
Lapentti N.
Puerta M.
5-4
Gambill J.
Pavel A.
4-1
Gustafsson M.
Golmard J.
6-22-1
Chang M.
Di Pasquale A.
6-27-5
Woodruff C.
Novak J.
4-67-56-3
Bastl G.
Llodra M.
6-47-63
Haas T.
Rochus C.
7-56-4
Mirnyi M.
Escude N.
3-66-36-4
Clement A.
Rusedski G.
7-657-5
Santoro F.
Moya C.
6-746-46-3
Rosset M.
Vicente F.
6-46-736-3
Prinosil D.
Gaudio G.
6-26-1
Hrbaty D.
Federer R.
4-66-26-2
Pozzi G.
Kucera K.
4-67-57-66
Costa A.
Obrien A.
7-56-3
Boutter J.
Black B.
6-46-756-4