Fernando Verdasco vs Kenneth Carlsen — St. Petersburg Quarter-final

St. Petersburg · ATP · Quarter-final
ESP
Fernando Verdasco
42 yrs · 188 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 24 October 2005
carpet
DEN
Kenneth Carlsen
53 yrs · 190 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWLLLWW
Verdasco F.
6-4 6-2
Carlsen K.
Verdasco F.
662
Carlsen K.
42–

Fernando Verdasco defeated Kenneth Carlsen 6-4 6-2 in the St. Petersburg quarter-final on carpet. The result followed the form book — Fernando Verdasco came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Fernando Verdasco extended the head-to-head to 2–0.

Key context

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2006-01-16Australian OpenR128hardFernando Verdasco7-6(5) 6-4 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Verdasco F.serving88% hold

wins 68% of points on serve vs Carlsen K.

Carlsen K.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Verdasco F.

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
Verdasco F.Carlsen K.
1st serve in·Even
64%
61%
1st serve points won·Even
69%
73%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
49%
Service points won·Even
62%
64%
Return points won·Even
37%
33%
Break points saved·Even
61%
63%
Aces / match·Slight edge
5.3
6.7
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.4
2.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 73). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Johansson T.
Kiefer N.
6-46-2
Semi-finals
Kiefer N.
Vik R.
6-36-4
Johansson T.
Verdasco F.
6-33-66-3
Quarter-finals
Vik R.
Youzhny M.
1-66-46-2
Verdasco F.
Carlsen K.
6-46-2
Johansson T.
Rusedski G.
6-27-66
Kiefer N.
Davydenko N.
6-16-1
R16
Carlsen K.
Stakhovsky S.
6-757-627-66
Johansson T.
Pavel A.
6-26-2
Davydenko N.
Goldstein P.
6-36-4
Youzhny M.
Saulnier C.
6-16-1
Kiefer N.
Melzer J.
3-66-37-5
Verdasco F.
Monaco J.
7-56-3
Vik R.
Serra F.
7-632-66-3
Rusedski G.
Kim K.
4-66-36-4
R32
Kim K.
Minar I.
6-14-67-5
Youzhny M.
Beck K.
6-34-1
Davydenko N.
Dlouhy L.
6-26-1
Monaco J.
Gabashvili T.
6-36-3
Stakhovsky S.
Popp A.
6-34-66-4
Melzer J.
Davletshin V.
6-36-4
Saulnier C.
Kunitsyn I.
6-36-2
Serra F.
Bjorkman J.
6-726-36-4
Vik R.
Nieminen J.
6-46-4
Goldstein P.
Burgsmuller L.
7-662-66-3
Kiefer N.
Garcia Lopez G.
6-33-66-4
Verdasco F.
Philippoussis M.
7-644-66-2
Rusedski G.
Tursunov D.
6-46-4
Pavel A.
Vanek J.
6-37-65
Johansson T.
Kohlschreiber P.
6-36-4
Carlsen K.
Mirnyi M.
6-747-656-4