Vincent Spadea vs Jurgen Melzer — Lyon Quarter-final

Lyon · ATP · Quarter-final
USA
Vincent Spadea
51 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 4 October 2004
clay
AUT
Jurgen Melzer
45 yrs · 183 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Spadea V.
1-6 6-1 7-6
Melzer J.
Spadea V.
16772
Melzer J.
61621

Vincent Spadea defeated Jurgen Melzer 1-6 6-1 7-6 in the Lyon quarter-final on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Jurgen Melzer came in leading the head-to-head 3–2. Vincent Spadea narrowed the head-to-head to 3–3.

Key context

Head to head

2–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2005-10-17Madrid MastersR64clayJurgen Melzer3-6 6-4 6-4
2004-08-30US OpenR64hardJurgen Melzer6-3 4-6 3-6 6-3 6-4
2004-08-16Athens OlympicsR64hardVincent Spadea6-0 6-1
2004-01-05AdelaideR32hardVincent Spadea7-6(4) 6-2
2002-07-15UmagR32clayJurgen Melzer2-6 6-3 4-2 RET

Serve vs return

This season
Spadea V.serving72% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Melzer J.

Melzer J.serving74% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Spadea V.

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
Spadea V.Melzer J.
1st serve in·Slight edge
59%
65%
1st serve points won·Even
68%
68%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
50%
Service points won·Even
61%
62%
Return points won·Even
38%
38%
Break points saved·Even
59%
59%
Aces / match·Slight edge
3.3
4.0
Double faults / match·Even
2.8
2.8

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Spadea V.Melzer J.
Clutch Rating·Even
45
44
Break points saved·Slight edge
75
86
Break points won·Clear edge
45
27
Deciding sets·Clear edge
53
65
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
46
27

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

Conditions

Court speed
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Soderling R.
Malisse X.
6-23-66-4
Semi-finals
Soderling R.
Spadea V.
6-26-4
Malisse X.
Ferrer D.
6-46-2
Quarter-finals
Ferrer D.
Bjorkman J.
6-26-4
Spadea V.
Melzer J.
1-66-17-62
Soderling R.
Johansson J.
6-36-4
Malisse X.
Youzhny M.
6-36-4
R16
Soderling R.
Lopez F.
4-66-36-3
Spadea V.
Ljubicic I.
6-47-64
Melzer J.
Arazi H.
4-67-646-1
Youzhny M.
Calleri A.
6-36-727-64
Johansson J.
Benneteau J.
6-36-4
Malisse X.
Stepanek R.
4-67-646-0
Ferrer D.
Ferrero J.
3-67-56-3
Bjorkman J.
Mirnyi M.
6-737-656-4
R32
Ferrero J.
Sargsian S.
6-37-64
Ferrer D.
Sluiter R.
6-36-4
Bjorkman J.
Costa A.
6-757-666-4
Calleri A.
Massu N.
6-36-4
Youzhny M.
Horna L.
6-47-61
Malisse X.
Hrbaty D.
6-47-64
Ljubicic I.
Clement A.
6-47-61
Spadea V.
Ginepri R.
6-46-3
Soderling R.
Robredo T.
6-16-4
Arazi H.
Schuettler R.
6-41-66-3
Melzer J.
Llodra M.
7-626-4
Mirnyi M.
Ancic M.
6-33-1
Stepanek R.
Mathieu P.
4-67-56-2
Johansson J.
Monaco J.
6-46-3
Benneteau J.
Nadal R.
6-36-0
Lopez F.
Davydenko N.
6-36-726-3