Andreas Seppi vs Jurgen Melzer — Bucharest Round of 32

Bucharest · ATP · Round of 32
ITA
Andreas Seppi
42 yrs · 190 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 10 September 2007
clay
AUT
Jurgen Melzer
45 yrs · 183 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Seppi A.
4-6 7-5 6-4
Melzer J.
Seppi A.
4762
Melzer J.
6541

Andreas Seppi defeated Jurgen Melzer 4-6 7-5 6-4 in the Bucharest round of 32 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Jurgen Melzer came in leading the head-to-head 4–2, defending the title. Andreas Seppi narrowed the head-to-head to 4–3.

Key context

Head to head

2–4
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2012-01-30ZagrebR16hardJurgen Melzer6-2 6-3
2011-02-14MarseilleR16hardJurgen Melzer7-5 6-3
2010-07-26UmagQFclayAndreas Seppi6-1 6-4
2010-07-19HamburgSFclayJurgen Melzer6-4 6-2
2010-02-08RotterdamR16hardJurgen Melzer6-2 6-2
2009-04-12Monte Carlo MastersR64clayAndreas Seppi6-2 6-0

Serve vs return

This season
Seppi A.serving74% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Melzer J.

Melzer J.serving76% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Seppi A.

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
Seppi A.Melzer J.
1st serve in·Slight edge
58%
65%
1st serve points won·Even
71%
68%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
50%
Service points won·Even
62%
62%
Return points won·Even
37%
38%
Break points saved·Even
60%
59%
Aces / match·Clear edge
5.5
4.0
Double faults / match·Even
2.8
2.8

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Seppi A.Melzer J.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
53
44
Break points saved·Slight edge
94
86
Break points won·Clear edge
45
27
Deciding sets·Even
63
65
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
32
27

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

Conditions

Court speed
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Simon G.
Hanescu V.
4-66-36-2
Semi-finals
Simon G.
Berlocq C.
6-746-26-3
Hanescu V.
Monfils G.
6-26-3
Quarter-finals
Simon G.
Armando H.
6-46-2
Hanescu V.
Starace P.
7-657-5
Monfils G.
Gicquel M.
6-46-2
Berlocq C.
Schukin Y.
7-56-3
R16
Monfils G.
Vassallo Arguello M.
6-46-4
Gicquel M.
Andreev I.
6-46-3
Starace P.
Pavel A.
6-36-3
Hanescu V.
Montanes A.
6-36-2
Simon G.
Korolev E.
6-46-2
Armando H.
Seppi A.
6-06-3
Schukin Y.
Bolelli S.
6-46-3
Berlocq C.
Navarro I.
7-56-3
R32
Armando H.
Roitman S.
6-06-1
Seppi A.
Melzer J.
4-67-56-4
Bolelli S.
Almagro N.
4-65-1
Berlocq C.
Santoro F.
7-656-1
Hanescu V.
Mayer F.
7-617-63
Korolev E.
Serra F.
4-66-5
Montanes A.
Devilder N.
6-36-1
Vassallo Arguello M.
Eschauer W.
6-46-4
Monfils G.
Volandri F.
6-37-64
Pavel A.
Hernandez O.
7-57-5
Gicquel M.
Gard C.
6-46-4
Simon G.
Garcia Lopez G.
7-636-4
Navarro I.
Guccione C.
6-47-64
Schukin Y.
Hartfield D.
7-655-76-2
Starace P.
Vliegen K.
3-67-56-2
Andreev I.
Luczak P.
6-43-66-4