Potito Starace vs Stefan Koubek — Poertschach Round of 32

Poertschach · ATP · Round of 32
ITA
Potito Starace
45 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLLLWWW
0 — 0
Sets
Sunday, 20 May 2007
clay
AUT
Stefan Koubek
49 yrs · 175 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLWLWW
Starace P.
6-4 6-4
Koubek S.
Starace P.
662
Koubek S.
44–

Potito Starace defeated Stefan Koubek 6-4 6-4 in the Poertschach round of 32 on clay. The result followed the form book — Potito Starace came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's quarter-final. Potito Starace extended the head-to-head to 2–0.

Key context

  • Match story: Potito Starace edged a tight contest from start to finish — 6–4 6–4.

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2005-08-01SopotR32clayPotito Starace6-4 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Starace P.serving76% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Koubek S.

Koubek S.serving74% hold

wins 60% 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.Koubek S.
1st serve in·Clear edge
72%
59%
1st serve points won·Even
66%
68%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
51%
Service points won·Even
62%
61%
Return points won·Even
37%
37%
Break points saved·Even
62%
58%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.7
4.1
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.2
2.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 82). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Starace P.Koubek S.
Clutch Rating·Even
43
46
Break points saved·Clear edge
86
71
Break points won·Clear edge
38
54
Deciding sets·Slight edge
42
49
Tiebreaks·Even
47
50

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

Draw

Final
Monaco J.
Monfils G.
7-636-0
Semi-finals
Monfils G.
Hewitt L.
6-47-5
Monaco J.
Horna L.
6-46-4
Quarter-finals
Monaco J.
Davydenko N.
6-26-756-4
Hewitt L.
Hartfield D.
6-26-2
Monfils G.
Roddick A.
7-56-3
Horna L.
Montanes A.
7-646-726-1
R16
Hewitt L.
Starace P.
6-46-4
Hartfield D.
Spadea V.
6-47-65
Monfils G.
Lee H.
7-656-4
Monaco J.
Russell M.
6-36-1
Davydenko N.
Lapentti N.
6-46-2
Horna L.
Ljubicic I.
7-656-4
Roddick A.
Pless K.
6-46-3
Montanes A.
Montcourt M.
7-666-1
R32
Ljubicic I.
Delic A.
7-677-68
Montanes A.
Bracciali D.
6-06-4
Horna L.
Dolgopolov A.
6-36-0
Monaco J.
Melzer J.
6-36-1
Monfils G.
Querrey S.
6-47-5
Lee H.
Udomchoke D.
6-36-0
Hewitt L.
Roitman S.
6-26-2
Starace P.
Koubek S.
6-46-4
Hartfield D.
Wawrinka S.
6-26-4
Spadea V.
Hrbaty D.
6-17-5
Montcourt M.
Mirnyi M.
6-46-4
Roddick A.
Peya A.
6-47-5
Pless K.
Berlocq C.
6-36-3
Davydenko N.
Ramirez Hidalgo R.
6-36-0
Lapentti N.
Verkerk M.
6-47-64
Russell M.
Vassallo Arguello M.
6-17-64