Nicolas Massu vs Taylor Dent — Athens Olympics Semi-final

Athens Olympics · ATP · Semi-final
CHI
Nicolas Massu
46 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 16 August 2004
hard
USA
Taylor Dent
45 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWLWLW
Massu N.
7-6 6-1
Dent T.
Massu N.
7762
Dent T.
651–

Nicolas Massu defeated Taylor Dent 7-6 6-1 in the Athens Olympics semi-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Taylor Dent came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Nicolas Massu claimed a first win over Taylor Dent in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Nicolas Massu came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 7–6 6–1.

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2004-10-18Madrid MastersR32clayTaylor Dent6-3 3-6 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Massu N.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Dent T.

Dent T.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Massu N.

Serve advantage — Dent T.

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
Massu N.Dent T.
1st serve in·Even
60%
58%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
69%
75%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
48%
Service points won·Even
61%
64%
Return points won·Even
37%
37%
Break points saved·Even
63%
60%
Aces / match·Dominant
4.3
7.5
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.0
6.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 170). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Massu N.Dent T.
Clutch Rating·Even
47
46
Break points saved·Even
80
76
Break points won·Even
47
48
Deciding sets·Even
46
43
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
56
62

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

Draw

Final
Massu N.
Fish M.
6-33-62-66-36-4
Bronze
Gonzalez F.
Dent T.
6-42-616-14
Semi-finals
Massu N.
Dent T.
7-656-1
Fish M.
Gonzalez F.
3-66-36-4
Quarter-finals
Gonzalez F.
Grosjean S.
6-22-66-4
Fish M.
Youzhny M.
6-36-4
Massu N.
Moya C.
6-27-5
Dent T.
Berdych T.
6-46-1
R16
Massu N.
Andreev I.
6-36-746-4
Moya C.
Karlovic I.
4-67-636-4
Dent T.
Ljubicic I.
6-46-4
Berdych T.
Robredo T.
7-624-68-6
Youzhny M.
Kiefer N.
6-23-66-2
Grosjean S.
Lopez F.
6-746-46-0
Gonzalez F.
Roddick A.
6-46-4
Fish M.
Mirnyi M.
6-34-66-1
R32
Lopez F.
Safin M.
7-646-3
Youzhny M.
Novak J.
6-46-3
Ljubicic I.
Johansson J.
7-636-4
Andreev I.
Calleri A.
W/O
Fish M.
Ferrero J.
4-67-656-4
Mirnyi M.
Nieminen J.
6-36-4
Kiefer N.
Baghdatis M.
6-23-66-3
Roddick A.
Haas T.
4-66-39-7
Gonzalez F.
Lee H.
7-56-2
Dent T.
Hrbaty D.
7-646-3
Moya C.
Rochus O.
6-07-63
Karlovic I.
Clement A.
7-644-66-4
Massu N.
Spadea V.
7-636-2
Grosjean S.
Arthurs W.
7-626-3
Berdych T.
Federer R.
4-67-57-5
Robredo T.
Santoro F.
1-66-36-4
R64
Youzhny M.
Malisse X.
6-26-2
Roddick A.
Saretta F.
6-37-64
Massu N.
Kuerten G.
6-35-76-4
Spadea V.
Melzer J.
6-06-1
Fish M.
Bjorkman J.
7-671-0
Nieminen J.
Lu Y.
6-36-3
Mirnyi M.
Chela J.
3-67-606-4
Kiefer N.
Voltchkov V.
6-26-4
Novak J.
Henman T.
6-36-3
Grosjean S.
Horna L.
6-27-5
Arthurs W.
Hanescu V.
6-47-64
Lopez F.
Soderling R.
6-33-66-4
Safin M.
Kucera K.
6-06-4
Federer R.
Davydenko N.
6-35-76-1
Berdych T.
Mayer F.
6-37-5
Santoro F.
Volandri F.
6-26-1
Robredo T.
Ouahab L.
6-36-4
Johansson J.
Srichaphan P.
6-26-3
Ljubicic I.
Sargsian S.
6-36-4
Hrbaty D.
El Aynaoui Y.
6-36-4
Dent T.
Niemeyer F.
6-23-66-4
Moya C.
Enqvist T.
7-676-789-7
Rochus O.
Philippoussis M.
3-66-06-1
Clement A.
Lapentti N.
7-656-2
Karlovic I.
Pavel A.
6-46-7106-2
Gonzalez F.
Economidis K.
7-666-2
Baghdatis M.
Carraz G.
5-77-657-5
Ferrero J.
Arazi H.
6-36-1
Andreev I.
Schuettler R.
6-757-626-2
Calleri A.
Beck K.
2-66-38-6
Lee H.
Zabaleta M.
4-66-36-2
Haas T.
Ancic M.
6-17-5