Paul Henri Mathieu vs Florent Serra — Moscow Quarter-final

Moscow · ATP · Quarter-final
FRA
Paul Henri Mathieu
44 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLLLWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 8 October 2007
hard
FRA
Florent Serra
45 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLWWLLW
Mathieu P.
6-3 6-3
Serra F.
Mathieu P.
662
Serra F.
33–

Paul Henri Mathieu defeated Florent Serra 6-3 6-3 in the Moscow quarter-final on hard. The result followed the form book — Paul Henri Mathieu came in defending last year's round of 32. Paul Henri Mathieu extended the head-to-head to 3–2.

Key context

Head to head

2–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2006-10-02MetzR16hardFlorent Serra1-6 6-3 7-6(2)
2006-05-29Roland GarrosR64clayPaul Henri Mathieu6-0 7-6(5) 7-6(6)
2005-09-12BucharestQFclayFlorent Serra6-3 6-1
2004-10-11MetzR16hardPaul Henri Mathieu7-6(5) 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Mathieu P.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Serra F.

Serra F.serving78% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Mathieu P.

Serve advantage — Mathieu 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
Mathieu P.Serra F.
1st serve in·Slight edge
56%
61%
1st serve points won·Even
71%
68%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
50%
Service points won·Even
62%
61%
Return points won·Even
38%
36%
Break points saved·Even
61%
60%
Aces / match·Slight edge
4.4
3.8
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.3
1.8

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Mathieu P.Serra F.
Clutch Rating·Even
44
40
Break points saved·Slight edge
88
83
Break points won·Slight edge
31
37
Deciding sets·Slight edge
55
50
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
37
22

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

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Davydenko N.
Mathieu P.
7-57-69
Semi-finals
Davydenko N.
Tipsarevic J.
7-666-1
Mathieu P.
Berrer M.
7-56-3
Quarter-finals
Berrer M.
Kohlschreiber P.
6-3
Tipsarevic J.
Stepanek R.
6-43-66-3
Davydenko N.
Andreev I.
7-57-5
Mathieu P.
Serra F.
6-36-3
R16
Mathieu P.
Kunitsyn I.
6-36-4
Kohlschreiber P.
Cilic M.
7-681-66-4
Berrer M.
Youzhny M.
7-56-4
Davydenko N.
Lapentti N.
6-46-4
Andreev I.
Safin M.
6-46-4
Tipsarevic J.
Murray A.
6-47-5
Stepanek R.
Tursunov D.
3-66-36-1
Serra F.
Vliegen K.
6-726-46-2
R32
Vliegen K.
Troicki V.
6-32-2
Lapentti N.
Santoro F.
3-66-36-2
Tursunov D.
Zverev M.
6-43-66-4
Youzhny M.
Gulbis E.
6-36-2
Berrer M.
Acasuso J.
6-757-56-4
Cilic M.
Bolelli S.
6-36-4
Kohlschreiber P.
Gimelstob J.
6-16-3
Mathieu P.
Grosjean S.
6-26-2
Kunitsyn I.
Hartfield D.
7-611-66-1
Serra F.
Starace P.
4-66-46-3
Tipsarevic J.
Roitman S.
3-66-46-4
Stepanek R.
Gabashvili T.
7-56-3
Davydenko N.
Tsonga J.
7-606-2
Andreev I.
Mahut N.
6-36-4
Safin M.
Matsukevitch D.
7-627-5
Murray A.
Korolev E.
6-26-4