Nicolas Kiefer vs Mario Ancic — Indian Wells Masters Round of 64

Indian Wells Masters · ATP · Round of 64
GER
Nicolas Kiefer
49 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 10 March 2003
hard
CRO
Mario Ancic
42 yrs · 196 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWWLLWLW
Kiefer N.
6-2 6-4
Ancic M.
Kiefer N.
662
Ancic M.
24–

Nicolas Kiefer defeated Mario Ancic 6-2 6-4 in the Indian Wells Masters round of 64 on hard. The result followed the form book — Nicolas Kiefer came in defending last year's round of 32.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Kiefer N.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Ancic M.

Ancic M.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Kiefer 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
Kiefer N.Ancic M.
1st serve in·Slight edge
53%
62%
1st serve points won·Even
76%
76%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
53%
Service points won·Even
64%
67%
Return points won·Even
39%
37%
Break points saved·Slight edge
60%
65%
Aces / match·Clear edge
7.5
9.4
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.3
2.2

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Kiefer N.Ancic M.
Clutch Rating·Even
59
61
Break points saved·Even
81
83
Break points won·Slight edge
58
47
Deciding sets·Clear edge
61
76
Tiebreaks·Even
68
65

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
26°CClear
Wind 4 km/hHumidity 19%

Draw

Final
Hewitt L.
Kuerten G.
6-16-1
Semi-finals
Hewitt L.
Spadea V.
7-656-1
Kuerten G.
Schuettler R.
6-23-66-2
Quarter-finals
Kuerten G.
Blake J.
4-66-46-0
Hewitt L.
Ginepri R.
6-46-2
Spadea V.
Vahaly B.
6-36-2
Schuettler R.
Roddick A.
6-36-2
R16
Blake J.
Moya C.
5-76-36-2
Schuettler R.
Mirnyi M.
6-36-4
Kuerten G.
Calleri A.
6-47-65
Ginepri R.
Safin M.
6-06-1
Vahaly B.
Robredo T.
6-27-5
Roddick A.
Grosjean S.
7-652-67-61
Hewitt L.
Coria G.
6-736-46-3
Spadea V.
Rochus O.
6-44-66-2
R32
Ginepri R.
Novak J.
W/O
Robredo T.
Schalken S.
5-76-26-0
Coria G.
Corretja A.
6-26-1
Vahaly B.
Ferrero J.
6-43-66-3
Hewitt L.
Kafelnikov Y.
6-36-2
Safin M.
Philippoussis M.
6-46-3
Roddick A.
Lopez F.
6-46-3
Grosjean S.
Malisse X.
6-36-3
Schuettler R.
Zabaleta M.
6-36-3
Mirnyi M.
Rios M.
6-36-3
Kuerten G.
Federer R.
7-57-63
Calleri A.
Henman T.
6-47-64
Blake J.
Chela J.
6-16-4
Moya C.
Clement A.
6-06-2
Rochus O.
Costa A.
5-76-46-4
Spadea V.
Kiefer N.
6-36-2
R64
Rios M.
Gaudio G.
4-0
Robredo T.
Nieminen J.
6-20-1
Costa A.
Krajicek R.
7-657-64
Corretja A.
Acasuso J.
7-627-67
Federer R.
Mantilla F.
6-746-44-1
Ferrero J.
Sargsian S.
6-46-756-4
Rochus O.
Santoro F.
6-12-66-3
Kiefer N.
Ancic M.
6-26-4
Spadea V.
Srichaphan P.
6-36-4
Schalken S.
Vicente F.
6-26-3
Vahaly B.
Gonzalez F.
2-66-36-4
Safin M.
Koubek S.
3-66-37-5
Moya C.
Chang M.
6-06-3
Clement A.
Kratochvil M.
6-23-66-2
Blake J.
Martin T.
6-13-67-5
Chela J.
Nalbandian D.
4-66-47-5
Henman T.
Gambill J.
7-56-2
Calleri A.
Lapentti N.
6-46-3
Mirnyi M.
Ferreira W.
7-656-3
Zabaleta M.
Youzhny M.
7-656-1
Schuettler R.
Arthurs W.
6-47-63
Grosjean S.
Sanchez D.
6-36-2
Malisse X.
Ferrer D.
6-16-0
Lopez F.
Hrbaty D.
6-27-62
Roddick A.
Enqvist T.
6-46-4
Philippoussis M.
Pavel A.
6-36-4
Ginepri R.
Lee H.
7-624-66-4
Novak J.
Beck K.
6-47-5
Coria G.
Sanguinetti D.
6-02-66-0
Kafelnikov Y.
Stepanek R.
4-66-16-1
Hewitt L.
El Aynaoui Y.
4-67-56-2
Kuerten G.
Ivanisevic G.
6-26-4