Olivier Rochus vs Jurgen Melzer — Rotterdam Round of 32

Rotterdam · ATP · Round of 32
BEL
Olivier Rochus
45 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 20 February 2006
hard
AUT
Jurgen Melzer
45 yrs · 183 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Rochus O.
7-6 4-6 7-6
Melzer J.
Rochus O.
7747112
Melzer J.
636691

Olivier Rochus defeated Jurgen Melzer 7-6 4-6 7-6 in the Rotterdam round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Jurgen Melzer came in leading the head-to-head 5–1. Olivier Rochus narrowed the head-to-head to 5–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–5
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2011-09-16Davis Cup WG PO: BEL vs AUTRRhardJurgen Melzer6-4 6-4 6-3
2010-02-01ZagrebR16hardJurgen Melzer6-2 6-3
2007-04-30MunichR32clayJurgen Melzer6-2 6-4
2006-05-01MunichSFclayOlivier Rochus6-4 6-7(1) 6-3
2004-05-17St. PoeltenQFclayJurgen Melzer4-6 7-6(5) 6-2
2003-09-19Davis Cup WG PO: AUT vs BELRRclayJurgen Melzer6-1 7-6(4) 5-7 2-6 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Rochus O.serving76% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Melzer J.

Melzer J.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Rochus O.

Serve advantage — Melzer J.

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
Rochus O.Melzer J.
1st serve in·Even
62%
65%
1st serve points won·Even
66%
68%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
50%
Service points won·Even
60%
62%
Return points won·Even
36%
38%
Break points saved·Even
60%
59%
Aces / match·Clear edge
1.6
4.0
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.4
2.8

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Rochus O.Melzer J.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
54
44
Break points saved·Even
85
86
Break points won·Clear edge
47
27
Deciding sets·Even
63
65
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
48
27

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

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
4°COvercast
Wind 29 km/hHumidity 85%

Draw

Final
Stepanek R.
Rochus C.
6-06-3
Semi-finals
Stepanek R.
Davydenko N.
4-66-36-3
Rochus C.
Nieminen J.
6-46-3
Quarter-finals
Stepanek R.
Djokovic N.
7-54-67-62
Davydenko N.
Bracciali D.
6-46-2
Nieminen J.
Rochus O.
6-746-47-63
Rochus C.
Parmar A.
6-36-3
R16
Rochus C.
Dent T.
7-60
Rochus O.
Ferrer D.
6-46-4
Davydenko N.
Rusedski G.
6-46-1
Bracciali D.
Calatrava A.
4-66-27-65
Djokovic N.
Henman T.
5-76-36-4
Stepanek R.
Santoro F.
6-46-1
Nieminen J.
Simon G.
7-616-1
Parmar A.
Meffert D.
6-36-3
R32
Meffert D.
Sluiter R.
2-4
Nieminen J.
Ancic M.
7-57-65
Bracciali D.
Andreev I.
6-26-3
Ferrer D.
Minar I.
6-26-3
Rochus O.
Melzer J.
7-634-67-69
Calatrava A.
Van Der Duim A.
6-27-62
Simon G.
Moodie W.
6-36-746-3
Rusedski G.
Vik R.
6-37-5
Dent T.
Berdych T.
6-47-5
Rochus C.
Lisnard J.
3-67-636-4
Davydenko N.
Hernych J.
6-36-3
Stepanek R.
Lammer M.
6-46-2
Santoro F.
Mathieu P.
6-36-3
Djokovic N.
Seppi A.
6-22-67-5
Henman T.
Johansson T.
6-46-4
Parmar A.
Srichaphan P.
7-635-77-67