Fabrice Santoro vs Jurgen Melzer — Metz Round of 32

Metz · ATP · Round of 32
FRA
Fabrice Santoro
53 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 3 October 2005
hard
AUT
Jurgen Melzer
45 yrs · 183 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Santoro F.
4-6 6-3 6-2
Melzer J.
Santoro F.
4662
Melzer J.
6321

Fabrice Santoro defeated Jurgen Melzer 4-6 6-3 6-2 in the Metz round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Jurgen Melzer came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. Fabrice Santoro narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2007-01-08SydneyR32hardJurgen Melzer6-2 2-6 6-4
2005-08-29US OpenR128hardFabrice Santoro6-2 6-1 6-3
2001-10-08ViennaR32hardJurgen Melzer6-7(8) 6-4 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Santoro F.serving78% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Melzer J.

Melzer J.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Santoro F.

Even serve battle

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
Santoro F.Melzer J.
1st serve in·Slight edge
58%
65%
1st serve points won·Even
69%
68%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
50%
Service points won·Even
61%
62%
Return points won·Even
38%
38%
Break points saved·Even
60%
59%
Aces / match·Even
4.2
4.0
Double faults / match·Clear edge
1.8
2.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (192 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Santoro F.Melzer J.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
51
44
Break points saved·Slight edge
80
86
Break points won·Dominant
54
27
Deciding sets·Clear edge
50
65
Tiebreaks·Dominant
59
27

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Ljubicic I.
Monfils G.
7-676-0
Semi-finals
Monfils G.
Hrbaty D.
7-611-66-2
Ljubicic I.
Davydenko N.
6-16-4
Quarter-finals
Davydenko N.
Seppi A.
6-36-1
Monfils G.
Gasquet R.
7-636-3
Ljubicic I.
Soderling R.
6-766-36-4
Hrbaty D.
Philippoussis M.
6-44-66-1
R16
Monfils G.
Clement A.
6-26-2
Ljubicic I.
Santoro F.
4-66-17-63
Davydenko N.
Llodra M.
6-46-4
Seppi A.
Pavel A.
7-57-62
Soderling R.
Luczak P.
7-646-3
Philippoussis M.
Calleri A.
7-686-4
Hrbaty D.
Mayer F.
7-656-1
Gasquet R.
Mathieu P.
6-26-2
R32
Davydenko N.
Mello R.
6-36-1
Hrbaty D.
Ascione T.
6-36-4
Monfils G.
Chela J.
2-66-17-64
Soderling R.
Zib T.
7-656-4
Llodra M.
Simon G.
6-46-0
Clement A.
Summerer T.
7-636-4
Mathieu P.
Andreev I.
7-656-4
Gasquet R.
Beck K.
6-46-2
Ljubicic I.
Acasuso J.
7-626-3
Philippoussis M.
Behrend T.
6-13-66-3
Mayer F.
El Aynaoui Y.
4-67-56-1
Luczak P.
Schukin Y.
6-47-64
Santoro F.
Melzer J.
4-66-36-2
Calleri A.
Massu N.
7-57-5
Pavel A.
Sanguinetti D.
6-756-36-3
Seppi A.
Sabau R.
7-56-3