Potito Starace vs Martin Vassallo Arguello — Costa Do Sauipe Round of 16

Costa Do Sauipe · ATP · Round of 16
ITA
Potito Starace
45 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 12 February 2007
hard
ARG
Martin Vassallo Arguello
46 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLL
Starace P.
7-5 6-3
Vassallo Arguello M.
Starace P.
762
Vassallo Arguello M.
53–

Potito Starace defeated Martin Vassallo Arguello 7-5 6-3 in the Costa Do Sauipe round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Martin Vassallo Arguello came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Potito Starace claimed a first win over Martin Vassallo Arguello in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2009-03-25Miami MastersR128hardMartin Vassallo Arguello7-6(9) 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Starace P.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Vassallo Arguello M.

Vassallo Arguello M.serving76% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Starace P.

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
Starace P.Vassallo Arguello M.
1st serve in·Even
72%
68%
1st serve points won·Even
66%
64%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
48%
Service points won·Even
62%
59%
Return points won·Even
37%
36%
Break points saved·Slight edge
62%
57%
Aces / match·Even
2.7
2.5
Double faults / match·Clear edge
1.2
2.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 91). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Starace P.Vassallo Arguello M.
Clutch Rating·Even
43
46
Break points saved·Clear edge
86
66
Break points won·Slight edge
38
49
Deciding sets·Clear edge
42
56
Tiebreaks·
46
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Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Draw

Final
Canas G.
Ferrero J.
7-646-2
Semi-finals
Ferrero J.
Saretta F.
6-26-4
Canas G.
Chela J.
7-666-1
Quarter-finals
Canas G.
Calleri A.
7-636-1
Saretta F.
Almagro N.
6-46-4
Ferrero J.
Starace P.
5-76-26-2
Chela J.
Monaco J.
6-42-67-5
R16
Saretta F.
Kuerten G.
6-23-67-5
Chela J.
Ramirez Hidalgo R.
6-26-3
Monaco J.
Alves T.
6-26-3
Canas G.
Portas A.
6-46-0
Calleri A.
Montanes A.
3-66-36-4
Almagro N.
Dlouhy L.
6-36-3
Starace P.
Vassallo Arguello M.
7-56-3
Ferrero J.
Devilder N.
6-26-4
R32
Canas G.
Daniel M.
6-16-4
Ferrero J.
Roitman S.
6-46-4
Devilder N.
Dutra Silva R.
6-16-3
Vassallo Arguello M.
Patience O.
6-46-3
Starace P.
Gaudio G.
6-46-3
Almagro N.
Vicente F.
6-06-1
Dlouhy L.
Andreev I.
6-14-67-5
Saretta F.
Di Mauro A.
6-16-2
Kuerten G.
Volandri F.
6-36-1
Chela J.
Martin A.
6-46-2
Ramirez Hidalgo R.
Galvani S.
7-646-3
Monaco J.
Vanek J.
6-34-66-3
Alves T.
Moya C.
2-67-56-3
Portas A.
Schwank E.
6-26-2
Montanes A.
Andujar P.
6-27-66
Calleri A.
Hartfield D.
6-46-1