Florent Serra vs Paul Henri Mathieu — Bucharest Quarter-final

Bucharest · ATP · Quarter-final
FRA
Florent Serra
45 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLWWLLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 12 September 2005
clay
FRA
Paul Henri Mathieu
44 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLLLWWL
Serra F.
6-3 6-1
Mathieu P.
Serra F.
662
Mathieu P.
31–

Florent Serra defeated Paul Henri Mathieu 6-3 6-1 in the Bucharest quarter-final on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Paul Henri Mathieu came in leading the head-to-head 3–1, defending last year's quarter-final. Florent Serra narrowed the head-to-head to 3–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2007-10-08MoscowQFhardPaul Henri Mathieu6-3 6-3
2006-10-02MetzR16hardFlorent Serra1-6 6-3 7-6(2)
2006-05-29Roland GarrosR64clayPaul Henri Mathieu6-0 7-6(5) 7-6(6)
2004-10-11MetzR16hardPaul Henri Mathieu7-6(5) 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Serra F.serving72% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Mathieu P.

Mathieu P.serving78% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Serra F.

Serve advantage — Mathieu P.

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
Serra F.Mathieu P.
1st serve in·Slight edge
61%
56%
1st serve points won·Even
68%
71%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
51%
Service points won·Even
61%
62%
Return points won·Even
36%
38%
Break points saved·Even
60%
60%
Aces / match·Slight edge
3.8
4.4
Double faults / match·Clear edge
1.8
3.3

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Serra F.Mathieu P.
Clutch Rating·Even
40
44
Break points saved·Slight edge
83
88
Break points won·Slight edge
37
31
Deciding sets·Slight edge
50
55
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
22
37

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
Serra F.
Andreev I.
6-36-4
Semi-finals
Andreev I.
Hanescu V.
4-67-626-3
Serra F.
Pavel A.
6-756-26-3
Quarter-finals
Hanescu V.
Ramirez Hidalgo R.
6-46-4
Serra F.
Mathieu P.
6-36-1
Pavel A.
Mayer F.
7-57-64
Andreev I.
Puerta M.
4-66-16-1
R16
Pavel A.
Marach O.
3-67-626-4
Ramirez Hidalgo R.
Acasuso J.
6-47-5
Puerta M.
Garcia Lopez G.
6-26-4
Mayer F.
Verdasco F.
7-57-67
Serra F.
Volandri F.
1-66-46-3
Mathieu P.
Portas A.
6-26-0
Andreev I.
Montanes A.
6-26-2
Hanescu V.
Sanguinetti D.
6-26-3
R32
Marach O.
Fyrstenberg M.
6-46-4
Mathieu P.
Sanchez D.
2-66-26-1
Volandri F.
Behrend T.
6-26-4
Puerta M.
Tipsarevic J.
7-56-2
Garcia Lopez G.
Horna L.
6-33-66-2
Andreev I.
Waske A.
6-47-64
Montanes A.
Monfils G.
3-66-16-4
Hanescu V.
Starace P.
6-36-2
Sanguinetti D.
Sabau R.
6-46-3
Ramirez Hidalgo R.
Almagro N.
7-686-1
Acasuso J.
Chela J.
6-26-4
Verdasco F.
Zabaleta M.
6-26-4
Mayer F.
Hernandez O.
6-26-0
Portas A.
Rochus C.
6-46-1
Pavel A.
Martin A.
6-46-4
Serra F.
Crivoi V.
3-67-656-1