Fabrice Santoro vs Younes El Aynaoui — Dubai Final

Dubai · ATP · Final
FRA
Fabrice Santoro
53 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLWLLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 25 February 2002
hard
MAR
Younes El Aynaoui
54 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWLWWWW
Santoro F.
6-4 3-6 6-3
El Aynaoui Y.
Santoro F.
6362
El Aynaoui Y.
4631

Fabrice Santoro defeated Younes El Aynaoui 6-4 3-6 6-3 in the Dubai final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Younes El Aynaoui came in leading the head-to-head 3–1. Fabrice Santoro narrowed the head-to-head to 3–2.

Key context

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

Head to head

1–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2002-12-30DohaQFhardYounes El Aynaoui3-6 6-3 6-3
2002-05-13Hamburg MastersR64clayYounes El Aynaoui7-6(3) 6-3
1999-10-25Stuttgart MastersR64carpetFabrice Santoro6-2 6-4
1999-01-04DohaR32hardYounes El Aynaoui6-4 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Santoro F.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs El Aynaoui Y.

El Aynaoui Y.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Santoro F.

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
Santoro F.El Aynaoui Y.
1st serve in·Slight edge
57%
65%
1st serve points won·Even
69%
73%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
50%
Service points won·Even
61%
65%
Return points won·Even
38%
35%
Break points saved·Even
60%
63%
Aces / match·Dominant
4.2
8.6
Double faults / match·Clear edge
1.8
3.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 148). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Weather
32°CMainly clear
Wind 21 km/hHumidity 14%

Draw

Final
Santoro F.
El Aynaoui Y.
6-43-66-3
Semi-finals
Santoro F.
Novak J.
5-76-37-64
El Aynaoui Y.
Johansson T.
7-654-66-3
Quarter-finals
Novak J.
Kafelnikov Y.
6-16-1
Johansson T.
Henman T.
6-46-3
El Aynaoui Y.
Schuettler R.
6-736-46-3
Santoro F.
Ljubicic I.
6-47-65
R16
El Aynaoui Y.
Ferrero J.
7-54-62-1
Johansson T.
Calatrava A.
6-22-1
Novak J.
Pretzsch A.
7-56-0
Ljubicic I.
Kiefer N.
6-46-2
Henman T.
Mirnyi M.
6-46-4
Schuettler R.
Federer R.
6-36-1
Kafelnikov Y.
Schalken S.
6-17-65
Santoro F.
Grosjean S.
6-27-5
R32
Ferrero J.
Ulihrach B.
7-5
Kiefer N.
Ivanisevic G.
6-36-4
Federer R.
Voinea A.
6-36-4
Schuettler R.
Robredo T.
6-36-2
El Aynaoui Y.
Pavel A.
7-52-66-4
Ljubicic I.
Pioline C.
6-36-2
Johansson T.
Costa A.
6-36-0
Calatrava A.
Youzhny M.
6-36-4
Mirnyi M.
Furlan R.
7-656-3
Henman T.
Awadhy O.
6-16-0
Santoro F.
Kohlmann M.
7-603-66-4
Kafelnikov Y.
Mazarakis V.
6-47-5
Schalken S.
Clement A.
6-37-61
Pretzsch A.
Boutter J.
6-46-4
Grosjean S.
Koubek S.
6-26-2
Novak J.
Hrbaty D.
6-26-1