Kristian Pless vs David Nalbandian — Chennai Round of 32

Chennai · ATP · Round of 32
DEN
Kristian Pless
45 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 1 January 2007
hard
ARG
David Nalbandian
44 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLWLWWW
Pless K.
2-6 6-3 7-5
Nalbandian D.
Pless K.
2672
Nalbandian D.
6351

Kristian Pless defeated David Nalbandian 2-6 6-3 7-5 in the Chennai round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — David Nalbandian came in leading the head-to-head 2–0. Kristian Pless claimed a first win over David Nalbandian in three meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2005-09-12BeijingR32hardDavid Nalbandian6-3 7-6(2)
2004-09-13BeijingR32hardDavid Nalbandian7-6(5) 3-6 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Pless K.serving76% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Nalbandian D.

Nalbandian D.serving89% hold

wins 69% of points on serve vs Pless K.

Serve advantage — Nalbandian D.

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
Pless K.Nalbandian D.
1st serve in·Even
61%
57%
1st serve points won·Even
71%
72%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
52%
Service points won·Even
63%
63%
Return points won·Slight edge
33%
41%
Break points saved·Even
59%
59%
Aces / match·Clear edge
5.8
4.2
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.9
3.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (22 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Malisse X.
Koubek S.
6-16-3
Youzhny M.
Nadal R.
6-06-1
Semi-finals
Koubek S.
Moya C.
6-36-1
Malisse X.
Nadal R.
6-47-64
Nadal R.
Moya C.
6-737-687-61
Youzhny M.
Cilic M.
6-26-3
Quarter-finals
Malisse X.
Santoro F.
6-44-66-0
Nadal R.
Sanguinetti D.
6-36-2
Moya C.
Karlovic I.
6-47-66
Koubek S.
Benneteau J.
6-16-2
Moya C.
Serra F.
6-36-4
Cilic M.
Haase R.
4-66-26-3
Youzhny M.
Malisse X.
6-46-4
Nadal R.
Garcia Lopez G.
6-36-2
R16
Karlovic I.
Pless K.
7-637-62
Nadal R.
Rastogi K.
6-46-1
Malisse X.
Galvani S.
6-36-2
Koubek S.
Srichaphan P.
6-16-2
Benneteau J.
Andreev I.
7-646-2
Moya C.
Kim K.
6-46-3
Sanguinetti D.
Mahut N.
7-663-66-3
Santoro F.
Phau B.
6-46-2
Garcia Lopez G.
Eschauer W.
4-67-57-63
Moya C.
Kudryavtsev A.
6-36-746-2
Haase R.
Zovko L.
6-17-5
Cilic M.
Mahut N.
6-26-4
Serra F.
Vliegen K.
7-54-67-63
Malisse X.
Melzer J.
7-636-2
Youzhny M.
Roger-Vasselin E.
7-51-66-2
Nadal R.
Ram R.
6-26-1
R32
Santoro F.
Skoch D.
3-0
Malisse X.
Udomchoke D.
6-26-2
Mahut N.
Falla A.
7-56-4
Sanguinetti D.
Economidis K.
6-46-3
Rastogi K.
Alves T.
6-36-4
Nadal R.
Schuettler R.
6-46-2
Benneteau J.
Gabashvili T.
6-36-4
Andreev I.
Giraldo S.
6-37-62
Galvani S.
Lu Y.
6-26-3
Koubek S.
Salva Vidal B.
2-66-37-5
Srichaphan P.
Bolelli S.
7-656-4
Phau B.
Patience O.
6-46-4
Pless K.
Nalbandian D.
2-66-37-5
Karlovic I.
Amritraj P.
7-636-3
Kim K.
Greul S.
1-66-26-3
Moya C.
Waske A.
7-636-3
Ram R.
Schukin Y.
7-667-62
Eschauer W.
Salva Vidal B.
7-635-76-4
Roger-Vasselin E.
Vardhan V.
6-16-2
Malisse X.
Muller G.
6-46-3
Melzer J.
Capdeville P.
6-26-4
Vliegen K.
Gicquel M.
7-656-4
Serra F.
Navarro I.
6-47-66
Kudryavtsev A.
Amritraj P.
6-34-67-68
Moya C.
Gabashvili T.
6-46-1
Garcia Lopez G.
Peya A.
6-46-4
Nadal R.
Montcourt M.
6-26-4
Haase R.
Baghdatis M.
6-36-4
Zovko L.
Ascione T.
6-46-0
Cilic M.
Troicki V.
3-67-666-1
Mahut N.
Gremelmayr D.
6-36-3
Youzhny M.
Vanek J.
6-36-2