Potito Starace vs Igor Andreev — Doha Round of 32

Doha · ATP · Round of 32
ITA
Potito Starace
45 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLLLWWW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 2 January 2006
hard
RUS
Igor Andreev
43 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWLLLW
Starace P.
7-5 1-6 7-5
Andreev I.
Starace P.
7172
Andreev I.
5651

Potito Starace defeated Igor Andreev 7-5 1-6 7-5 in the Doha round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Igor Andreev came in leading the head-to-head 6–0, defending last year's round of 32. Potito Starace claimed a first win over Igor Andreev in seven meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 6–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Potito Starace closed it out in three sets, 7–5 1–6 7–5.

Head to head

0–6
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2011-06-06HalleR32grassIgor Andreev6-4 6-4
2010-02-08Costa Do SauipeR32hardIgor Andreev6-2 6-2
2009-10-25St. PetersburgR32carpetIgor Andreev6-4 6-2
2008-05-25Roland GarrosR128clayIgor Andreev6-1 6-7(3) 6-1 6-4
2007-07-09GstaadR16clayIgor Andreev6-3 7-5
2005-04-04ValenciaR16hardIgor Andreev7-5 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Starace P.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Andreev I.

Andreev I.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Starace P.

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
Starace P.Andreev I.
1st serve in·Clear edge
72%
60%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
66%
72%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
52%
Service points won·Even
62%
64%
Return points won·Even
37%
36%
Break points saved·Even
62%
60%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.7
5.5
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.2
2.9

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Starace P.Andreev I.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
43
38
Break points saved·Even
86
83
Break points won·Even
38
34
Deciding sets·Even
42
41
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
46
34

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

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
23°COvercast
Wind 17 km/hHumidity 39%

Draw

Final
Federer R.
Monfils G.
6-37-65
Semi-finals
Monfils G.
Volandri F.
6-36-4
Federer R.
Haas T.
6-36-3
Quarter-finals
Volandri F.
Davydenko N.
6-36-4
Monfils G.
Tursunov D.
6-27-64
Haas T.
Youzhny M.
6-46-3
Federer R.
Baghdatis M.
6-46-3
R16
Federer R.
Santoro F.
7-627-65
Monfils G.
Moodie W.
7-636-4
Youzhny M.
Sanguinetti D.
6-26-3
Haas T.
Henman T.
6-27-65
Baghdatis M.
Lopez F.
6-23-67-5
Volandri F.
Starace P.
6-46-3
Tursunov D.
El Aynaoui Y.
7-616-2
Davydenko N.
Vik R.
6-36-4
R32
Tursunov D.
Tipsarevic J.
7-56-2
Vik R.
Pavel A.
2-67-627-61
Haas T.
Wawrinka S.
5-76-27-5
Sanguinetti D.
Rochus O.
2-67-647-65
Volandri F.
Mahut N.
6-46-4
El Aynaoui Y.
Grosjean S.
6-46-4
Youzhny M.
Bjorkman J.
1-66-36-4
Federer R.
Minar I.
6-16-3
Santoro F.
Marach O.
6-02-66-4
Moodie W.
Mirnyi M.
6-44-67-63
Starace P.
Andreev I.
7-51-67-5
Davydenko N.
Rochus C.
6-36-1
Monfils G.
Zib T.
7-56-4
Henman T.
Gasquet R.
6-46-4
Lopez F.
Hanescu V.
6-47-62
Baghdatis M.
Khalfan S.
6-16-1