Ernests Gulbis vs Nicolas Massu — St. Petersburg Round of 16

St. Petersburg · ATP · Round of 16
LAT
Ernests Gulbis
37 yrs · 190 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WLWLWWWLLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 22 October 2007
carpet
CHI
Nicolas Massu
46 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLL
Gulbis E.
6-1 6-2
Massu N.
Gulbis E.
662
Massu N.
12–

Ernests Gulbis defeated Nicolas Massu 6-1 6-2 in the St. Petersburg round of 16 on carpet. The result followed the form book — Ernests Gulbis came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's semi-final. Ernests Gulbis extended the head-to-head to 2–0.

Key context

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2008-03-03Las VegasR32hardErnests Gulbis7-5 4-6 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Gulbis E.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Massu N.

Massu N.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Gulbis E.

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
Gulbis E.Massu N.
1st serve in·Slight edge
55%
62%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
74%
66%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
49%
Service points won·Even
62%
60%
Return points won·Even
36%
36%
Break points saved·Even
59%
62%
Aces / match·Clear edge
6.7
3.8
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.1
3.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 83). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Gulbis E.Massu N.
Clutch Rating·Even
48
47
Break points saved·Slight edge
91
80
Break points won·Dominant
16
47
Deciding sets·Dominant
88
46
Tiebreaks·Dominant
6
56

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

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Murray A.
Verdasco F.
6-26-3
Semi-finals
Murray A.
Youzhny M.
6-25-77-61
Verdasco F.
Cilic M.
6-26-3
Quarter-finals
Youzhny M.
Kohlschreiber P.
6-4
Cilic M.
Gulbis E.
6-46-4
Murray A.
Tursunov D.
3-67-626-4
Verdasco F.
Starace P.
6-36-4
R16
Murray A.
Dlouhy L.
6-26-4
Tursunov D.
Pashanski B.
4-66-36-4
Cilic M.
Davydenko N.
1-67-56-1
Youzhny M.
Ancic M.
6-46-2
Kohlschreiber P.
Matsukevitch D.
6-16-1
Verdasco F.
Bolelli S.
6-46-4
Starace P.
Ledovskikh M.
7-646-2
Gulbis E.
Massu N.
6-16-2
R32
Tursunov D.
Melzer J.
7-667-60
Davydenko N.
Volandri F.
6-16-1
Massu N.
Gabashvili T.
3-66-36-4
Gulbis E.
Johansson T.
6-26-1
Cilic M.
Elgin M.
6-36-4
Ledovskikh M.
Kukushkin M.
7-56-3
Bolelli S.
Bjorkman J.
7-686-2
Matsukevitch D.
Kunitsyn I.
7-626-3
Kohlschreiber P.
Korolev E.
7-646-3
Verdasco F.
Eschauer W.
7-646-1
Murray A.
Mirnyi M.
6-26-2
Dlouhy L.
Chekhov P.
7-656-4
Pashanski B.
Garcia Lopez G.
7-666-4
Youzhny M.
Gimelstob J.
6-26-4
Starace P.
Vliegen K.
3-66-47-63
Ancic M.
Lapentti N.
6-46-1