Max Mirnyi vs Andrei Pavel — St. Petersburg Round of 16

St. Petersburg · ATP · Round of 16
BLR
Max Mirnyi
49 yrs · 196 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 23 October 2006
carpet
ROU
Andrei Pavel
52 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Mirnyi M.
6-3 7-5
Pavel A.
Mirnyi M.
672
Pavel A.
35–

Max Mirnyi defeated Andrei Pavel 6-3 7-5 in the St. Petersburg round of 16 on carpet. The upset overturned the form book — Andrei Pavel came in leading the head-to-head 3–2, defending last year's round of 16. Max Mirnyi narrowed the head-to-head to 3–3.

Key context

  • Match story: Max Mirnyi closed it out in two sets, 6–3 7–5.

Head to head

2–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2006-07-10GstaadR16clayAndrei Pavel6-2 6-4
2005-03-04Davis Cup WG R1: ROU vs BLRRRclayAndrei Pavel6-1 7-6(0) 4-6 6-3
2004-02-23MarseilleR32hardMax Mirnyi4-6 7-6(5) 7-5
2004-01-19Australian OpenR128hardAndrei Pavel6-7(2) 6-3 6-2 7-6(2)
2001-08-06Cincinnati MastersR32hardMax Mirnyi6-1 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Mirnyi M.serving88% hold

wins 68% of points on serve vs Pavel A.

Pavel A.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Mirnyi M.

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
Mirnyi M.Pavel A.
1st serve in·Even
61%
64%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
74%
67%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
48%
Service points won·Slight edge
65%
60%
Return points won·Even
33%
36%
Break points saved·Slight edge
62%
55%
Aces / match·Dominant
8.3
4.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.2
2.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (81 vs 66). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Mirnyi M.Pavel A.
Clutch Rating·Even
43
40
Break points saved·Slight edge
76
66
Break points won·Slight edge
43
48
Deciding sets·Even
45
45
Tiebreaks·Even
53
51

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