Noam Okun vs Juan Balcells — Chennai Round of 32

Chennai · ATP · Round of 32
ISR
Noam Okun
48 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLLLWW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 30 December 2002
hard
ESP
Juan Balcells
51 yrs · 190 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWWLLLW
Okun N.
7-5 6-4
Balcells J.
Okun N.
762
Balcells J.
54–

Noam Okun defeated Juan Balcells 7-5 6-4 in the Chennai round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Juan Balcells came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's round of 32. Noam Okun claimed a first win over Juan Balcells in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2002-03-04ScottsdaleQFhardJuan Balcells6-4 4-6 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Okun N.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Balcells J.

Balcells J.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Okun N.

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
Okun N.Balcells J.
1st serve in·Slight edge
61%
72%
1st serve points won·Even
68%
67%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
53%
Service points won·Even
61%
63%
Return points won·Even
35%
34%
Break points saved·Even
62%
63%
Aces / match·Slight edge
5.6
4.7
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.3
2.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (52 vs 20). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Srichaphan P.
Kucera K.
6-36-1
Semi-finals
Srichaphan P.
Lisnard J.
6-26-1
Kucera K.
Chela J.
6-37-5
Quarter-finals
Chela J.
Behrend T.
6-46-3
Kucera K.
Canas G.
6-17-5
Lisnard J.
Schuettler R.
6-27-5
Srichaphan P.
Sargsian S.
6-46-4
R16
Behrend T.
Portas A.
7-646-1
Schuettler R.
Philippoussis M.
6-26-1
Lisnard J.
Okun N.
6-02-66-2
Sargsian S.
Montanes A.
6-46-3
Srichaphan P.
Van Lottum J.
6-26-4
Chela J.
Krajan Z.
3-66-32-0
Canas G.
Vanek J.
6-46-2
Kucera K.
Mamiit C.
7-663-66-3
R32
Portas A.
Golmard J.
1-1
Canas G.
Norman D.
4-66-26-3
Srichaphan P.
Vacek J.
7-56-2
Chela J.
Paes L.
7-657-5
Van Lottum J.
Patience O.
6-27-64
Sargsian S.
Varlet J.
6-17-5
Montanes A.
Llodra M.
7-651-66-4
Okun N.
Balcells J.
7-56-4
Lisnard J.
Pless K.
6-27-5
Philippoussis M.
Kohlmann M.
7-636-3
Schuettler R.
Knowle J.
6-46-1
Behrend T.
Pavel A.
6-36-3
Krajan Z.
Bopanna R.
6-47-63
Vanek J.
Amritraj P.
6-26-2
Kucera K.
Gimelstob J.
3-67-636-3
Mamiit C.
Burgsmuller L.
6-06-3