David Nalbandian vs Yen Hsun Lu — Beijing Round of 16

Beijing · ATP · Round of 16
ARG
David Nalbandian
44 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 13 September 2004
hard
TPE
Yen Hsun Lu
42 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Nalbandian D.
6-7 6-4 6-4
Lu Y.
Nalbandian D.
66662
Lu Y.
78441

David Nalbandian defeated Yen Hsun Lu 6-7 6-4 6-4 in the Beijing round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Yen Hsun Lu came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. David Nalbandian claimed a first win over Yen Hsun Lu in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2009-01-19Australian OpenR64hardYen Hsun Lu6-4 5-7 4-6 6-4 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Nalbandian D.serving82% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Lu Y.

Lu Y.serving82% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Nalbandian D.

Even serve battle

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
Nalbandian D.Lu Y.
1st serve in·Even
57%
61%
1st serve points won·Even
72%
74%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
53%
Service points won·Even
63%
66%
Return points won·Even
41%
38%
Break points saved·Even
59%
61%
Aces / match·Slight edge
4.2
5.2
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.3
2.7

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Nalbandian D.Lu Y.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
72
34
Break points saved·Even
88
88
Break points won·Dominant
69
29
Deciding sets·Dominant
72
33
Tiebreaks·Dominant
84
32

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

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
28°COvercast
Wind 8 km/hHumidity 35%

Draw

Final
Safin M.
Youzhny M.
7-647-5
Semi-finals
Youzhny M.
Srichaphan P.
6-46-4
Safin M.
Nieminen J.
6-26-4
Quarter-finals
Safin M.
Kim K.
6-26-4
Srichaphan P.
Lee H.
6-46-3
Nieminen J.
Nalbandian D.
6-22-66-2
Youzhny M.
Hrbaty D.
6-46-2
R16
Kim K.
Ferrero J.
6-46-4
Hrbaty D.
Sanguinetti D.
6-26-2
Youzhny M.
Schuettler R.
7-646-1
Nieminen J.
Dent T.
6-37-5
Srichaphan P.
Okun N.
6-33-67-66
Lee H.
Tsonga J.
7-676-3
Nalbandian D.
Lu Y.
6-766-46-4
Safin M.
Lu H.
6-26-2
R32
Lee H.
Weiner G.
6-26-4
Okun N.
Parmar A.
6-36-2
Ferrero J.
Gimelstob J.
6-46-1
Tsonga J.
Moya C.
6-36-3
Hrbaty D.
Wang Y.
6-26-2
Youzhny M.
Heuberger I.
7-57-64
Sanguinetti D.
Healey N.
5-77-56-2
Srichaphan P.
Lisnard J.
6-47-5
Lu Y.
Zhu B.
7-56-2
Kim K.
Burgsmuller L.
6-26-2
Safin M.
Bogomolov Jr A.
6-47-5
Lu H.
Amritraj P.
4-66-46-2
Nieminen J.
Garcia Lopez G.
7-56-4
Nalbandian D.
Pless K.
7-653-66-3
Dent T.
Luczak P.
6-36-2
Schuettler R.
Baccanello P.
6-46-3