Thomas Johansson vs Cyril Saulnier — Ho Chi Minh City Quarter-final

Ho Chi Minh City · ATP · Quarter-final
SWE
Thomas Johansson
51 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WLLLLWLLWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 26 September 2005
carpet
FRA
Cyril Saulnier
50 yrs · 190 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWLLLW
Johansson T.
7-6 6-2
Saulnier C.
Johansson T.
7762
Saulnier C.
622–

Thomas Johansson defeated Cyril Saulnier 7-6 6-2 in the Ho Chi Minh City quarter-final on carpet. The upset overturned the form book — Cyril Saulnier came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. Thomas Johansson narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2006-01-16Australian OpenR128hardThomas Johansson6-1 7-6(3) 6-4
2004-10-04TokyoR16hardCyril Saulnier6-7(6) 7-6(3) 7-6(5)
2000-03-20Miami MastersR128hardCyril Saulnier4-6 6-3 7-5

Serve vs return

This season
Johansson T.serving90% hold

wins 70% of points on serve vs Saulnier C.

Saulnier C.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Johansson T.

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
Johansson T.Saulnier C.
1st serve in·Even
57%
59%
1st serve points won·Even
75%
73%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
49%
Service points won·Even
65%
63%
Return points won·Even
35%
34%
Break points saved·Slight edge
64%
58%
Aces / match·Clear edge
8.5
6.4
Double faults / match·Even
2.4
2.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (174 vs 57). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Draw

Final
Bjorkman J.
Stepanek R.
6-37-64
Semi-finals
Bjorkman J.
Puerta M.
6-16-0
Stepanek R.
Johansson T.
7-56-4
Quarter-finals
Johansson T.
Saulnier C.
7-626-2
Bjorkman J.
Waske A.
6-26-3
Puerta M.
Schuettler R.
3-66-27-65
Stepanek R.
Monaco J.
6-36-4
R16
Puerta M.
Arthurs W.
4-67-637-63
Johansson T.
Phau B.
6-36-2
Stepanek R.
Vico U.
6-26-1
Schuettler R.
Moodie W.
7-6106-3
Saulnier C.
Vanek J.
7-637-610
Monaco J.
Lu Y.
W/O
Waske A.
Burgsmuller L.
7-637-63
Bjorkman J.
Mamiit C.
6-44-3
R32
Moodie W.
Kohlschreiber P.
6-47-62
Arthurs W.
Brzezicki J.
7-657-63
Schuettler R.
Greul S.
6-746-36-1
Puerta M.
Soeda G.
6-46-756-4
Waske A.
Sluiter R.
7-636-747-67
Bjorkman J.
Carlsen K.
6-36-4
Mamiit C.
Thron A.
6-26-3
Burgsmuller L.
Pless K.
6-36-786-2
Monaco J.
Tuksar S.
6-37-5
Lu Y.
Dupuis A.
6-16-4
Vico U.
Tipsarevic J.
6-756-36-4
Stepanek R.
Lee H.
7-636-1
Saulnier C.
Wessels P.
6-26-4
Vanek J.
Amritraj P.
6-767-656-4
Phau B.
Do M.
6-36-2
Johansson T.
Popp A.
4-66-46-3