Mario Ancic vs Paul Goldstein — St. Petersburg Round of 32

St. Petersburg · ATP · Round of 32
CRO
Mario Ancic
42 yrs · 196 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 23 October 2006
carpet
USA
Paul Goldstein
49 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWLWLWL
Ancic M.
7-5 6-1
Goldstein P.
Ancic M.
762
Goldstein P.
51–

Mario Ancic defeated Paul Goldstein 7-5 6-1 in the St. Petersburg round of 32 on carpet. The upset overturned the form book — Paul Goldstein came in defending last year's round of 16.

Key context

  • Match story: Mario Ancic came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 7–5 6–1.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Ancic M.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Goldstein P.

Goldstein P.serving74% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Ancic M.

Serve advantage — Ancic 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
Ancic M.Goldstein P.
1st serve in·Even
63%
60%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
75%
65%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
53%
48%
Service points won·Slight edge
67%
58%
Return points won·Even
37%
40%
Break points saved·Slight edge
65%
58%
Aces / match·Dominant
8.8
2.0
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.0
2.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (162 vs 58). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Ancic M.
Johansson T.
7-57-62
Semi-finals
Johansson T.
Kunitsyn I.
6-37-63
Ancic M.
Gulbis E.
6-26-3
Quarter-finals
Johansson T.
Moodie W.
6-33-66-3
Gulbis E.
Hernych J.
7-666-746-2
Ancic M.
Mirnyi M.
6-47-5
Kunitsyn I.
Starace P.
6-36-2
R16
Moodie W.
Davydenko N.
2-63-3
Johansson T.
Youzhny M.
W/O
Starace P.
Nieminen J.
7-53-2
Kunitsyn I.
Haas T.
7-644-66-2
Mirnyi M.
Pavel A.
6-37-5
Ancic M.
Sluiter R.
6-36-4
Gulbis E.
Dlouhy L.
5-76-36-3
Hernych J.
Arthurs W.
6-46-4
R32
Davydenko N.
Santoro F.
6-36-1
Moodie W.
Gabashvili T.
2-67-56-3
Kunitsyn I.
Phau B.
7-666-3
Starace P.
Bracciali D.
6-36-3
Nieminen J.
Tipsarevic J.
7-56-2
Mirnyi M.
Tursunov D.
4-66-36-4
Pavel A.
Cilic M.
6-47-5
Sluiter R.
Kubot L.
6-43-66-3
Ancic M.
Goldstein P.
7-56-1
Dlouhy L.
Melzer J.
3-66-46-3
Gulbis E.
Vik R.
6-43-67-64
Hernych J.
Korolev E.
6-756-47-67
Haas T.
Zimonjic N.
6-26-766-2
Arthurs W.
Robredo T.
6-32-66-4
Youzhny M.
Schuettler R.
7-666-4
Johansson T.
Dancevic F.
6-06-736-3