Mardy Fish vs Jurgen Melzer — Houston Final

Houston · ATP · Final
USA
Mardy Fish
44 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 10 April 2006
clay
AUT
Jurgen Melzer
45 yrs · 183 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Fish M.
3-6 6-4 6-3
Melzer J.
Fish M.
3662
Melzer J.
6431

Mardy Fish defeated Jurgen Melzer 3-6 6-4 6-3 in the Houston final on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Jurgen Melzer came in leading the head-to-head 4–0, defending last year's semi-final. Mardy Fish claimed a first win over Jurgen Melzer in five meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 4–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–4
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2010-05-09Madrid MastersR32clayJurgen Melzer3-6 6-1 6-4
2009-01-04BrisbaneR32hardJurgen Melzer6-4 4-6 7-6(4)
2006-10-02MetzQFhardJurgen Melzer1-6 7-5 7-5
2003-04-21HoustonQFclayJurgen Melzer7-5 2-6 7-5

Serve vs return

This season
Fish M.serving84% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Melzer J.

Melzer J.serving74% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Fish M.

Serve advantage — Fish M.

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
Fish M.Melzer J.
1st serve in·Slight edge
56%
65%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
77%
68%
2nd serve points won·Even
53%
50%
Service points won·Slight edge
67%
62%
Return points won·Even
38%
38%
Break points saved·Even
62%
59%
Aces / match·Dominant
9.2
4.0
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.2
2.8

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Fish M.Melzer J.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
65
44
Break points saved·Even
89
86
Break points won·Dominant
56
27
Deciding sets·Slight edge
72
65
Tiebreaks·Dominant
63
27

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Fish M.
Melzer J.
3-66-46-3
Semi-finals
Fish M.
Haas T.
4-1
Melzer J.
Goldstein P.
6-36-4
Quarter-finals
Melzer J.
Vicente F.
7-56-4
Fish M.
Spadea V.
4-67-616-2
Haas T.
Roddick A.
6-716-46-4
Goldstein P.
Montanes A.
6-36-4
R16
Fish M.
Schuettler R.
W/O
Spadea V.
Baghdatis M.
6-23-1
Roddick A.
Marach O.
6-36-4
Haas T.
Waske A.
6-17-67
Vicente F.
Dupuis A.
6-27-5
Melzer J.
Daniel M.
7-626-4
Montanes A.
Behrend T.
6-26-3
Goldstein P.
Jenkins S.
6-46-1
R32
Behrend T.
Sabau R.
7-55-77-5
Daniel M.
Horna L.
6-36-4
Montanes A.
Ginepri R.
6-46-4
Jenkins S.
Kunitsyn I.
7-52-66-3
Goldstein P.
Tipsarevic J.
6-36-3
Fish M.
Monaco J.
6-21-67-65
Schuettler R.
Muller G.
6-06-3
Spadea V.
Berlocq C.
6-16-3
Dupuis A.
Blake J.
7-623-66-1
Baghdatis M.
Witten J.
6-47-62
Haas T.
Hernandez O.
6-16-4
Waske A.
Vanek J.
6-42-67-62
Marach O.
Marin J.
6-46-1
Roddick A.
Capdeville P.
6-36-2
Vicente F.
Reynolds B.
6-26-1
Melzer J.
Minar I.
7-676-0