Mario Ancic vs Sebastien Grosjean — Marseille Semi-final

Marseille · ATP · Semi-final
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Mario Ancic
42 yrs · 196 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 13 February 2006
hard
FRA
Sebastien Grosjean
48 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Ancic M.
6-3 3-6 6-3
Grosjean S.
Ancic M.
6362
Grosjean S.
3631

Mario Ancic defeated Sebastien Grosjean 6-3 3-6 6-3 in the Marseille semi-final on hard. The result followed the form book — Mario Ancic came in defending last year's semi-final.

Key context

  • Match story: Mario Ancic closed it out in three sets, 6–3 3–6 6–3.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Ancic M.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Grosjean S.

Grosjean S.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Ancic M.

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
Ancic M.Grosjean S.
1st serve in·Slight edge
63%
56%
1st serve points won·Even
75%
72%
2nd serve points won·Even
53%
51%
Service points won·Even
67%
63%
Return points won·Even
37%
39%
Break points saved·Slight edge
65%
59%
Aces / match·Dominant
8.8
5.8
Double faults / match·Even
2.0
1.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (162 vs 116). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Ancic M.Grosjean S.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
61
47
Break points saved·Slight edge
83
75
Break points won·Slight edge
47
56
Deciding sets·Dominant
76
43
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
65
58

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
Weather
9°CClear
Wind 15 km/hHumidity 69%

Draw

Final
Clement A.
Ancic M.
6-46-2
Semi-finals
Ancic M.
Grosjean S.
6-33-66-3
Clement A.
Nadal R.
2-66-37-5
Quarter-finals
Grosjean S.
Korolev E.
7-646-3
Nadal R.
Mathieu P.
7-56-4
Ancic M.
Ljubicic I.
7-623-66-3
Clement A.
Santoro F.
7-54-67-65
R16
Santoro F.
Rusedski G.
6-36-2
Korolev E.
Davydenko N.
6-47-66
Grosjean S.
Youzhny M.
6-36-1
Clement A.
Verdasco F.
7-656-3
Mathieu P.
Stepanek R.
7-606-3
Nadal R.
Simon G.
7-56-4
Ancic M.
Faurel J.
6-36-3
Ljubicic I.
Andreev I.
7-656-4
R32
Clement A.
Gasquet R.
3-66-46-0
Grosjean S.
Monfils G.
2-67-56-3
Santoro F.
Johansson T.
6-47-63
Mathieu P.
Haehnel J.
5-76-36-4
Ljubicic I.
Srichaphan P.
6-36-766-3
Ancic M.
Baghdatis M.
6-26-796-4
Rusedski G.
Thomann N.
6-36-2
Korolev E.
Sidorenko A.
2-66-46-1
Stepanek R.
Berdych T.
7-56-4
Faurel J.
Lopez F.
6-36-3
Andreev I.
Dent T.
2-66-37-60
Davydenko N.
Rochus C.
6-16-2
Simon G.
Nieminen J.
4-66-36-2
Verdasco F.
Melzer J.
6-47-63
Youzhny M.
De Chaunac S.
6-46-3
Nadal R.
Rochus O.
4-66-27-5