Potito Starace vs Kristof Vliegen — St. Petersburg Round of 32

St. Petersburg · ATP · Round of 32
ITA
Potito Starace
45 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLLLWWW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 22 October 2007
carpet
BEL
Kristof Vliegen
44 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLWLLLLL
Starace P.
3-6 6-4 7-6
Vliegen K.
Starace P.
36772
Vliegen K.
64631

Potito Starace defeated Kristof Vliegen 3-6 6-4 7-6 in the St. Petersburg round of 32 on carpet. 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

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2007-09-10BucharestR32clayPotito Starace3-6 7-5 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Starace P.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Vliegen K.

Vliegen K.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Starace P.

Serve advantage — Starace 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
Starace P.Vliegen K.
1st serve in·Clear edge
72%
60%
1st serve points won·Even
66%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
49%
Service points won·Even
62%
61%
Return points won·Even
37%
35%
Break points saved·Slight edge
62%
55%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.7
5.6
Double faults / match·Clear edge
1.2
2.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 91). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Starace P.Vliegen K.
Clutch Rating·Even
43
44
Break points saved·Clear edge
86
69
Break points won·Slight edge
38
44
Deciding sets·Slight edge
42
50
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
46
62

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