Fernando Verdasco vs Potito Starace — Valencia Round of 16

Valencia · ATP · Round of 16
ESP
Fernando Verdasco
42 yrs · 188 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Sets
Monday, 10 April 2006
hard
ITA
Potito Starace
45 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Verdasco F.
6-3 7-6
Starace P.
Verdasco F.
6772
Starace P.
364–

Fernando Verdasco defeated Potito Starace 6-3 7-6 in the Valencia round of 16 on hard. Fernando Verdasco extended the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

1–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2007-10-22St. PetersburgQFcarpetFernando Verdasco6-3 6-4
2007-04-09ValenciaR32hardPotito Starace6-1 4-6 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Verdasco F.serving82% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Starace P.

Starace P.serving82% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Verdasco F.

Even serve battle

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.Starace P.
1st serve in·Slight edge
64%
72%
1st serve points won·Even
69%
66%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
52%
Service points won·Even
62%
62%
Return points won·Even
37%
37%
Break points saved·Even
62%
62%
Aces / match·Clear edge
5.3
2.7
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.4
1.2

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Verdasco F.Starace P.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
57
43
Break points saved·Slight edge
96
86
Break points won·Even
40
38
Deciding sets·Clear edge
65
42
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
54
46

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Almagro N.
Simon G.
6-26-3
Semi-finals
Simon G.
Verdasco F.
6-27-65
Almagro N.
Safin M.
6-22-66-4
Quarter-finals
Almagro N.
Volandri F.
6-46-1
Safin M.
Gaudio G.
6-46-4
Simon G.
Seppi A.
7-627-64
Verdasco F.
Garcia Lopez G.
6-726-46-3
R16
Seppi A.
Ascione T.
1-66-16-2
Volandri F.
Zib T.
6-46-4
Simon G.
Sanguinetti D.
3-67-56-3
Safin M.
Pashanski B.
6-26-2
Gaudio G.
Mayer F.
6-46-2
Almagro N.
Phau B.
6-26-1
Garcia Lopez G.
Hernych J.
6-26-4
Verdasco F.
Starace P.
6-37-64
R32
Ascione T.
Ferrer D.
7-61
Gaudio G.
Sluiter R.
7-667-63
Sanguinetti D.
Gabashvili T.
6-746-46-3
Seppi A.
Ramirez Hidalgo R.
6-26-2
Hernych J.
Davydenko N.
7-57-5
Garcia Lopez G.
Lopez F.
6-36-3
Starace P.
Dlouhy L.
6-36-3
Verdasco F.
Martin A.
6-36-4
Simon G.
Vik R.
6-36-2
Volandri F.
Portas A.
6-06-1
Zib T.
Pavel A.
7-56-3
Phau B.
Fraile G.
7-616-746-2
Almagro N.
Ferrero J.
6-736-46-4
Safin M.
Andreev I.
7-666-4
Pashanski B.
Costa A.
3-66-36-4
Mayer F.
Burniol G.
6-06-3