David Sanchez vs Christophe Rochus — Bucharest Round of 16

Bucharest · ATP · Round of 16
ESP
David Sanchez
48 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 9 September 2002
clay
BEL
Christophe Rochus
47 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLL
Sanchez D.
6-2 6-1
Rochus C.
Sanchez D.
662
Rochus C.
21–

David Sanchez defeated Christophe Rochus 6-2 6-1 in the Bucharest round of 16 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Christophe Rochus came in leading the head-to-head 3–0, defending last year's quarter-final. David Sanchez claimed a first win over Christophe Rochus in four meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2005-09-26PalermoR32clayChristophe Rochus6-1 6-2
2005-04-04CasablancaR16clayChristophe Rochus7-5 4-6 6-3
2000-09-11BucharestR32clayChristophe Rochus6-2 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Sanchez D.serving68% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Rochus C.

Rochus C.serving59% hold

wins 53% of points on serve vs Sanchez D.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

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
Sanchez D.Rochus C.
1st serve in·Even
61%
62%
1st serve points won·Even
66%
64%
2nd serve points won·Even
48%
46%
Service points won·Even
59%
57%
Return points won·Even
40%
38%
Break points saved·Even
56%
53%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.5
1.8
Double faults / match·Even
2.2
2.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (158 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Ferrer D.
Acasuso J.
6-36-2
Semi-finals
Acasuso J.
Pavel A.
4-67-646-1
Ferrer D.
Sanchez D.
6-16-2
Quarter-finals
Acasuso J.
Squillari F.
6-17-64
Pavel A.
Giner J.
6-16-3
Sanchez D.
Blanco G.
6-16-3
Ferrer D.
Di Pasquale A.
6-36-1
R16
Acasuso J.
Hanescu V.
6-46-2
Di Pasquale A.
Kratochvil M.
7-56-1
Squillari F.
Vicente F.
7-665-76-1
Pavel A.
Portas A.
4-66-46-2
Giner J.
Labadze I.
6-36-2
Ferrer D.
Melzer J.
6-47-66
Blanco G.
Mantilla F.
6-14-66-2
Sanchez D.
Rochus C.
6-26-1
R32
Sanchez D.
Pioline C.
3-66-16-2
Hanescu V.
Balcells J.
7-631-1
Rochus C.
Trifu G.
7-55-5
Mantilla F.
Marin J.
7-56-2
Ferrer D.
Gaudenzi A.
4-66-16-0
Di Pasquale A.
Coutelot N.
6-26-1
Acasuso J.
Norman D.
6-36-2
Squillari F.
Vinciguerra A.
6-36-1
Vicente F.
Elsner D.
1-66-36-2
Labadze I.
Voinea A.
7-616-1
Giner J.
Krajan Z.
6-36-4
Portas A.
Moldovan I.
6-24-66-3
Pavel A.
Martin A.
6-16-3
Kratochvil M.
Lisnard J.
6-47-65
Blanco G.
Perez D.
7-666-0
Melzer J.
Montanes A.
6-46-4