Gilles Simon vs Jan Vacek — Nottingham Round of 16

Nottingham · ATP · Round of 16
FRA
Gilles Simon
41 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWWLLWL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 19 June 2006
grass
CZE
Jan Vacek
50 yrs · 198 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWLWLLL
Simon G.
4-6 6-4 6-3
Vacek J.
Simon G.
4662
Vacek J.
6431

Gilles Simon defeated Jan Vacek 4-6 6-4 6-3 in the Nottingham round of 16 on grass. The upset overturned the form book — Jan Vacek came in defending last year's round of 16.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Simon G.serving89% hold

wins 69% of points on serve vs Vacek J.

Vacek J.serving87% hold

wins 68% of points on serve vs Simon G.

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
Simon G.Vacek J.
1st serve in·Even
61%
62%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
68%
73%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
49%
54%
Service points won·Slight edge
61%
66%
Return points won·Slight edge
39%
32%
Break points saved·Even
59%
63%
Aces / match·Slight edge
3.8
4.8
Double faults / match·Even
2.7
2.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 5). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Gasquet R.
Bjorkman J.
6-46-3
Semi-finals
Bjorkman J.
Seppi A.
6-36-1
Gasquet R.
Soderling R.
7-677-65
Quarter-finals
Seppi A.
Murray A.
7-644-66-1
Gasquet R.
Simon G.
6-36-1
Soderling R.
Tipsarevic J.
7-646-4
Bjorkman J.
Lopez F.
6-36-4
R16
Gasquet R.
Bracciali D.
7-56-3
Lopez F.
Goldstein P.
3-66-26-3
Murray A.
Mirnyi M.
7-626-4
Seppi A.
Hrbaty D.
7-57-5
Tipsarevic J.
Srichaphan P.
7-636-747-5
Bjorkman J.
Vanek J.
6-36-3
Simon G.
Vacek J.
4-66-46-3
Soderling R.
Mahut N.
6-36-2
R32
Soderling R.
Gimelstob J.
7-656-747-67
Srichaphan P.
Udomchoke D.
6-37-64
Vacek J.
Johansson T.
7-666-7116-4
Simon G.
Kunitsyn I.
6-46-3
Gasquet R.
Navarro I.
6-33-67-5
Bracciali D.
Almagro N.
1-66-37-67
Mahut N.
Malisse X.
3-67-687-5
Tipsarevic J.
Bloomfield R.
6-43-66-3
Vanek J.
Mathieu P.
6-46-4
Bjorkman J.
Calleri A.
2-66-16-3
Goldstein P.
Moodie W.
6-17-5
Lopez F.
Rochus O.
6-36-1
Murray A.
Tursunov D.
6-46-3
Mirnyi M.
Bogdanovic A.
4-67-646-3
Seppi A.
Wawrinka S.
7-674-66-4
Hrbaty D.
Wang J.
6-06-3