Fernando Verdasco vs Potito Starace — St. Petersburg Quarter-final

St. Petersburg · ATP · Quarter-final
ESP
Fernando Verdasco
42 yrs · 188 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 22 October 2007
carpet
ITA
Potito Starace
44 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Verdasco F.
6-3 6-4
Starace P.
Verdasco F.
662
Starace P.
34–

Fernando Verdasco defeated Potito Starace 6-3 6-4 in the St. Petersburg quarter-final on carpet. The upset overturned the form book — Potito Starace came in defending last year's quarter-final. Fernando Verdasco extended the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

1–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2007-04-09ValenciaR32hardPotito Starace6-1 4-6 6-3
2006-04-10ValenciaR16hardFernando Verdasco6-3 7-6(4)

Serve vs return

This season
Verdasco F.serving82% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Starace P.

Starace P.serving82% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Verdasco F.

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
Verdasco F.Starace P.
1st serve in·Slight edge
64%
72%
1st serve points won·Even
69%
66%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
52%
Service points won·Even
62%
62%
Return points won·Even
37%
37%
Break points saved·Even
62%
62%
Aces / match·Clear edge
5.3
2.7
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.4
1.2

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Verdasco F.Starace P.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
57
43
Break points saved·Slight edge
96
86
Break points won·Even
40
38
Deciding sets·Clear edge
65
42
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
54
47

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