Thierry Ascione vs Rafael Nadal — Chennai Round of 32

Chennai · ATP · Round of 32
FRA
Thierry Ascione
45 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 5 January 2004
hard
ESP
Rafael Nadal
40 yrs · 185 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Ascione T.
7-6 6-4
Nadal R.
Ascione T.
7762
Nadal R.
654–

Thierry Ascione defeated Rafael Nadal 7-6 6-4 in the Chennai round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Rafael Nadal came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Thierry Ascione claimed a first win over Rafael Nadal in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2004-01-19Australian OpenR64hardRafael Nadal6-4 3-6 7-5 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Ascione T.serving68% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Nadal R.

Nadal R.serving92% hold

wins 72% of points on serve vs Ascione T.

Serve advantage — Nadal R.

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
Ascione T.Nadal R.
1st serve in·Even
65%
65%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
66%
73%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
49%
56%
Service points won·Slight edge
60%
67%
Return points won·Slight edge
34%
42%
Break points saved·Slight edge
57%
64%
Aces / match·Slight edge
3.4
4.4
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.7
2.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (65 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Moya C.
Srichaphan P.
6-43-67-65
Semi-finals
Moya C.
Schalken S.
6-36-4
Srichaphan P.
Robredo T.
1-67-6107-5
Quarter-finals
Moya C.
Ascione T.
6-46-4
Schalken S.
Mantilla F.
6-25-77-66
Robredo T.
Lisnard J.
6-47-62
Srichaphan P.
Andreev I.
6-37-62
R16
Moya C.
Goldstein P.
3-67-676-4
Ascione T.
Amritraj P.
3-66-16-2
Schalken S.
Knowle J.
6-36-3
Mantilla F.
Van Lottum J.
6-736-46-4
Lisnard J.
Dupuis A.
7-56-3
Robredo T.
Carlsen K.
6-26-2
Andreev I.
Ferrer D.
6-26-3
Srichaphan P.
Levy H.
6-26-2
R32
Moya C.
Okun N.
6-36-4
Carlsen K.
Mathieu P.
6-21-0
Srichaphan P.
Montanes A.
6-16-3
Levy H.
Portas A.
6-46-2
Andreev I.
Ramirez Hidalgo R.
7-676-2
Ferrer D.
Verdasco F.
1-67-56-0
Robredo T.
Tursunov D.
7-56-726-4
Lisnard J.
Pless K.
7-6106-3
Dupuis A.
Popp A.
6-14-67-66
Mantilla F.
Vacek J.
6-37-65
Van Lottum J.
Blanco G.
7-666-3
Knowle J.
Rastogi K.
6-46-1
Schalken S.
Udomchoke D.
6-47-5
Ascione T.
Nadal R.
7-656-4
Amritraj P.
Mankad H.
6-36-4
Goldstein P.
Mutis O.
6-36-3