Xavier Malisse vs Gaston Gaudio — Rome Masters Round of 64

Rome Masters · ATP · Round of 64
BEL
Xavier Malisse
45 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 8 May 2006
clay
ARG
Gaston Gaudio
47 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Malisse X.
4-6 6-3 6-3
Gaudio G.
Malisse X.
4662
Gaudio G.
6331

Xavier Malisse defeated Gaston Gaudio 4-6 6-3 6-3 in the Rome Masters round of 64 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Gaston Gaudio came in defending last year's round of 16.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Malisse X.serving74% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Gaudio G.

Gaudio G.serving68% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Malisse X.

Serve advantage — Malisse X.

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
Malisse X.Gaudio G.
1st serve in·Slight edge
58%
63%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
73%
65%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
47%
Service points won·Slight edge
64%
58%
Return points won·Even
37%
40%
Break points saved·Slight edge
60%
55%
Aces / match·Dominant
6.9
2.3
Double faults / match·Dominant
2.0
4.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 74). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Malisse X.Gaudio G.
Clutch Rating·Even
52
49
Break points saved·Clear edge
85
72
Break points won·Even
52
51
Deciding sets·Slight edge
53
58
Tiebreaks·Even
56
54

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

Conditions

Court speed
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast
Weather
20°COvercast
Wind 4 km/hHumidity 56%

Draw

Final
Nadal R.
Federer R.
6-707-656-42-67-65
Semi-finals
Nadal R.
Monfils G.
6-26-2
Federer R.
Nalbandian D.
6-33-67-65
Quarter-finals
Nalbandian D.
Ancic M.
6-36-3
Federer R.
Almagro N.
6-36-727-5
Nadal R.
Gonzalez F.
6-46-3
Monfils G.
Roddick A.
6-26-3
R16
Almagro N.
Davydenko N.
7-66
Ancic M.
Ramirez Hidalgo R.
6-36-747-5
Gonzalez F.
Berdych T.
6-26-4
Roddick A.
Rusedski G.
7-646-2
Nalbandian D.
Martin A.
7-56-4
Monfils G.
Santoro F.
7-676-2
Nadal R.
Henman T.
6-26-2
Federer R.
Stepanek R.
6-16-4
R32
Berdych T.
Malisse X.
6-26-1
Santoro F.
Hrbaty D.
7-626-3
Monfils G.
Ginepri R.
6-14-66-4
Rusedski G.
Galvani S.
7-646-4
Roddick A.
Baghdatis M.
3-66-16-2
Federer R.
Starace P.
6-37-62
Ancic M.
Serra F.
3-67-6106-0
Ramirez Hidalgo R.
Safin M.
0-67-667-63
Martin A.
Kiefer N.
6-37-63
Nalbandian D.
Mathieu P.
6-26-4
Davydenko N.
Verdasco F.
6-13-66-0
Almagro N.
Acasuso J.
6-42-66-4
Stepanek R.
Nieminen J.
6-47-65
Gonzalez F.
Youzhny M.
6-45-76-3
Henman T.
Johansson T.
7-686-1
Nadal R.
Volandri F.
6-16-2
R64
Nadal R.
Moya C.
6-12-66-2
Ginepri R.
Mirnyi M.
3-66-26-3
Monfils G.
Haas T.
6-23-66-4
Berdych T.
Srichaphan P.
6-16-3
Kiefer N.
Bracciali D.
4-66-26-4
Rusedski G.
Robredo T.
5-76-36-4
Safin M.
Gabashvili T.
7-53-66-1
Johansson T.
Fognini F.
7-636-3
Galvani S.
Novak J.
6-36-4
Volandri F.
Murray A.
6-46-4
Federer R.
Chela J.
6-26-1
Starace P.
Tursunov D.
6-46-1
Martin A.
Sanguinetti D.
6-46-2
Malisse X.
Gaudio G.
4-66-36-3
Serra F.
Blake J.
6-47-63
Santoro F.
Monaco J.
4-66-26-3
Mathieu P.
Ferrero J.
6-16-3
Youzhny M.
Seppi A.
6-27-67
Henman T.
Di Mauro A.
7-57-62
Baghdatis M.
Rochus O.
7-56-4
Ramirez Hidalgo R.
Coria G.
6-36-2
Nalbandian D.
Vicente F.
6-23-66-3
Verdasco F.
Bolelli S.
6-42-66-1
Hrbaty D.
Ljubicic I.
5-77-646-4
Nieminen J.
Grosjean S.
6-26-1
Davydenko N.
Pashanski B.
6-16-4
Roddick A.
Hanescu V.
6-16-0
Ancic M.
Horna L.
6-46-4
Stepanek R.
Lopez F.
6-46-4
Acasuso J.
Ferrer D.
7-56-0
Almagro N.
Massu N.
7-56-4
Gonzalez F.
Wawrinka S.
6-46-4