Potito Starace vs Marcel Granollers — Valencia Quarter-final

Valencia · ATP · Quarter-final
ITA
Potito Starace
44 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLLLWWW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 9 April 2007
hard
ESP
Marcel Granollers
40 yrs · 191 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLLWWWW
Starace P.
6-4 6-4
Granollers M.
Starace P.
662
Granollers M.
44–

Potito Starace defeated Marcel Granollers 6-4 6-4 in the Valencia quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Marcel Granollers 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 edged a tight contest from start to finish — 6–4 6–4.

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2012-07-09UmagR16clayMarcel Granollers6-4 3-6 6-3
2010-09-20BucharestQFclayMarcel Granollers3-6 7-6(7) 6-4
2008-09-08BucharestR32clayPotito Starace6-2 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Starace P.serving78% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Granollers M.

Granollers M.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Starace P.

Serve advantage — Granollers M.

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.Granollers M.
1st serve in·Slight edge
72%
64%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
66%
72%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
53%
Service points won·Even
62%
65%
Return points won·Even
37%
39%
Break points saved·Even
62%
59%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.7
4.6
Double faults / match·Clear edge
1.2
2.0

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Starace P.Granollers M.
Clutch Rating·Even
43
46
Break points saved·Even
86
87
Break points won·Clear edge
38
18
Deciding sets·Dominant
42
76
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
47
28

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