Igor Kunitsyn vs Potito Starace — St. Petersburg Quarter-final

St. Petersburg · ATP · Quarter-final
RUS
Igor Kunitsyn
44 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 23 October 2006
carpet
ITA
Potito Starace
44 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLLLWWW
Kunitsyn I.
6-3 6-2
Starace P.
Kunitsyn I.
662
Starace P.
32–

Igor Kunitsyn defeated Potito Starace 6-3 6-2 in the St. Petersburg quarter-final on carpet. The upset overturned the form book — Potito Starace came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Igor Kunitsyn claimed a first win over Potito Starace in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2009-05-03MunichR32clayPotito Starace7-5 5-7 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Kunitsyn I.serving76% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Starace P.

Starace P.serving82% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Kunitsyn I.

Serve advantage — Starace P.

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
Kunitsyn I.Starace P.
1st serve in·Slight edge
61%
72%
1st serve points won·Even
65%
66%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
52%
Service points won·Even
59%
62%
Return points won·Even
37%
37%
Break points saved·Slight edge
55%
62%
Aces / match·Even
2.8
2.7
Double faults / match·Slight edge
1.8
1.2

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Kunitsyn I.Starace P.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
36
43
Break points saved·Clear edge
67
86
Break points won·Even
42
38
Deciding sets·Even
39
42
Tiebreaks·Even
50
47

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

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