Potito Starace vs Raemon Sluiter — Auckland Round of 16

Auckland · ATP · Round of 16
ITA
Potito Starace
45 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLLLWWW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 10 January 2005
hard
NED
Raemon Sluiter
48 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWLWLWL
Starace P.
6-4 6-2
Sluiter R.
Starace P.
662
Sluiter R.
42–

Potito Starace defeated Raemon Sluiter 6-4 6-2 in the Auckland round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Raemon Sluiter came in defending last year's quarter-final.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Starace P.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Sluiter R.

Sluiter R.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Starace P.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

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
Starace P.Sluiter R.
1st serve in·Clear edge
72%
57%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
66%
74%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
50%
Service points won·Even
62%
63%
Return points won·Even
37%
34%
Break points saved·Slight edge
62%
57%
Aces / match·Dominant
2.7
7.8
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.2
3.1

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 54). 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