Potito Starace vs Pablo Andujar — Valencia Round of 16

Valencia · ATP · Round of 16
ITA
Potito Starace
45 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLLLWWW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 9 April 2007
hard
ESP
Pablo Andujar
40 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLW
Starace P.
6-4 1-6 6-3
Andujar P.
Starace P.
6162
Andujar P.
4631

Potito Starace defeated Pablo Andujar 6-4 1-6 6-3 in the Valencia round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Pablo Andujar came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. Potito Starace narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

  • Match story: Potito Starace closed it out in three sets, 6–4 1–6 6–3.

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2012-04-09CasablancaR16clayPablo Andujar6-3 6-0
2011-04-04CasablancaFclayPablo Andujar6-1 6-2
2011-01-31SantiagoR16clayPotito Starace6-4 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Starace P.serving74% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Andujar P.

Andujar P.serving76% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Starace P.

Even serve battle

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.Andujar P.
1st serve in·Slight edge
72%
63%
1st serve points won·Even
66%
65%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
49%
Service points won·Even
62%
59%
Return points won·Even
37%
41%
Break points saved·Slight edge
62%
57%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.7
1.4
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.2
3.8

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Starace P.Andujar P.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
43
38
Break points saved·Even
86
86
Break points won·Even
38
40
Deciding sets·Even
42
41
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
46
23

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Almagro N.
Starace P.
4-66-26-1
Semi-finals
Starace P.
Navarro I.
6-726-07-5
Almagro N.
Ventura S.
6-766-46-4
Quarter-finals
Almagro N.
Volandri F.
6-31-0
Starace P.
Granollers M.
6-46-4
Navarro I.
Korolev E.
6-36-1
Ventura S.
Martin A.
1-67-626-4
R16
Volandri F.
Koubek S.
6-41-0
Navarro I.
Gensse A.
7-6116-4
Granollers M.
Simon G.
6-34-66-1
Starace P.
Andujar P.
6-41-66-3
Korolev E.
Roitman S.
1-67-56-0
Martin A.
Ferrero J.
6-46-2
Ventura S.
Falla A.
7-56-766-4
Almagro N.
Di Mauro A.
7-56-2
R32
Gensse A.
Ward J.
6-726-46-3
Korolev E.
Garcia Lopez G.
6-31-66-3
Roitman S.
Hernych J.
7-57-67
Navarro I.
Bracciali D.
6-36-1
Ferrero J.
Gulbis E.
6-36-1
Martin A.
Lopez F.
6-23-66-2
Falla A.
Seppi A.
6-36-4
Ventura S.
Mayer F.
6-36-3
Almagro N.
Hajek J.
6-26-1
Di Mauro A.
Fornell Mestres M.
6-46-756-3
Koubek S.
Hernandez O.
7-656-4
Volandri F.
Andreev I.
6-47-68
Simon G.
Gabashvili T.
4-66-36-2
Granollers M.
Pless K.
2-66-36-3
Andujar P.
Greul S.
6-26-4
Starace P.
Verdasco F.
6-14-66-3