Potito Starace vs Mark Nielsen — Auckland Round of 32

Auckland · ATP · Round of 32
ITA
Potito Starace
45 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLLLWWW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 10 January 2005
hard
NZL
Mark Nielsen
48 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WWLLWWWWWL
Starace P.
6-4 6-4
Nielsen M.
Starace P.
662
Nielsen M.
44–

Potito Starace defeated Mark Nielsen 6-4 6-4 in the Auckland round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Mark Nielsen came in defending last year's round of 32.

Key context

  • Match story: Potito Starace edged a tight contest from start to finish — 6–4 6–4.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Starace P.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Nielsen M.

Nielsen M.serving74% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Starace P.

Serve advantage — Starace P.

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. Small sample — read as indicative. About

Statistics

This season
Starace P.Nielsen M.
1st serve in·Slight edge
72%
77%
1st serve points won·Clear edge
66%
48%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
50%
Service points won·Clear edge
62%
48%
Return points won·Clear edge
37%
25%
Break points saved·Slight edge
62%
56%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.7
1.0
Double faults / match·Even
1.2
1.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 1). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Weather
20°CDrizzle
Wind 8 km/hHumidity 82%

Draw

Final
Gonzalez F.
Rochus O.
6-46-2
Semi-finals
Gonzalez F.
Chela J.
6-46-2
Rochus O.
Hernych J.
6-36-1
Quarter-finals
Chela J.
Starace P.
6-17-65
Hernych J.
Acasuso J.
6-47-5
Gonzalez F.
Ginepri R.
6-36-4
Rochus O.
Coria G.
6-46-4
R16
Hernych J.
Martin A.
6-46-2
Coria G.
Saulnier C.
6-34-67-63
Ginepri R.
Spadea V.
7-56-3
Rochus O.
Luzzi F.
6-26-3
Starace P.
Sluiter R.
6-46-2
Chela J.
Mello R.
6-26-1
Gonzalez F.
Zabaleta M.
6-36-4
Acasuso J.
Hrbaty D.
7-656-3
R32
Rochus O.
Horna L.
6-36-1
Martin A.
Kohlschreiber P.
6-47-5
Hernych J.
Ferrero J.
6-716-16-3
Gonzalez F.
Blake J.
7-646-1
Zabaleta M.
Jones G.
6-06-2
Ginepri R.
Calleri A.
2-66-46-3
Hrbaty D.
Nadal R.
6-3
Acasuso J.
Benneteau J.
6-13-66-4
Saulnier C.
Muller G.
6-46-4
Luzzi F.
Monaco J.
6-46-4
Sluiter R.
Robredo T.
4-66-46-4
Starace P.
Nielsen M.
6-46-4
Mello R.
Bjorkman J.
6-46-1
Coria G.
Schalken S.
6-06-3
Spadea V.
Sanchez D.
6-06-0
Chela J.
Garcia Lopez G.
6-26-2