Wesley Moodie vs Ricardo Mello — Delray Beach Round of 16

Delray Beach · ATP · Round of 16
RSA
Wesley Moodie
47 yrs · 196 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLWLWLWW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 31 January 2005
hard
BRA
Ricardo Mello
45 yrs · 175 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLLWLL
Moodie W.
6-4 6-4
Mello R.
Moodie W.
662
Mello R.
44–

Wesley Moodie defeated Ricardo Mello 6-4 6-4 in the Delray Beach round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Ricardo Mello came in defending the title, but Wesley Moodie had been the form player, winning 2 of their last 5 on hard.

Key context

  • Match story: Wesley Moodie 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
Moodie W.serving89% hold

wins 69% of points on serve vs Mello R.

Mello R.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Moodie W.

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
Moodie W.Mello R.
1st serve in·Slight edge
69%
64%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
73%
64%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
50%
Service points won·Slight edge
66%
59%
Return points won·Even
32%
36%
Break points saved·Slight edge
64%
56%
Aces / match·Dominant
10.0
2.4
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.0
2.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (72 vs 100). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Malisse X.
Novak J.
7-666-2
Semi-finals
Novak J.
Moodie W.
6-36-3
Malisse X.
Spadea V.
7-56-4
Quarter-finals
Moodie W.
Wessels P.
5-0
Malisse X.
Delgado R.
6-26-2
Spadea V.
Kim K.
7-56-706-4
Novak J.
Carlsen K.
6-37-5
R16
Moodie W.
Mello R.
6-46-4
Carlsen K.
Vahaly B.
2-67-656-3
Novak J.
Kohlschreiber P.
6-26-1
Spadea V.
Gabashvili T.
4-67-56-3
Kim K.
Widom T.
6-26-3
Malisse X.
Guzman J.
6-43-66-1
Delgado R.
Sun P.
6-766-16-1
Wessels P.
Gambill J.
6-46-736-3
R32
Guzman J.
Karanusic R.
6-23-66-3
Kim K.
Dancevic F.
6-46-1
Widom T.
Mutis O.
7-666-746-3
Gabashvili T.
Blake J.
4-66-26-2
Spadea V.
Armando H.
6-26-3
Malisse X.
Morrison J.
6-24-67-5
Kohlschreiber P.
Odesnik W.
6-36-4
Vahaly B.
Kendrick R.
7-56-4
Carlsen K.
Nunez E.
7-56-4
Gambill J.
Saulnier C.
7-53-66-4
Wessels P.
Van Scheppingen D.
6-26-4
Moodie W.
Salzenstein J.
7-56-2
Mello R.
Zib T.
7-646-3
Delgado R.
Weiner G.
6-26-1
Sun P.
Boeker M.
6-36-4
Novak J.
Delic A.
6-46-3