Florent Serra vs Kristof Vliegen — Chennai Round of 16

Chennai · ATP · Round of 16
FRA
Florent Serra
45 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 31 December 2007
hard
BEL
Kristof Vliegen
44 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Serra F.
7-5 4-6 7-6
Vliegen K.
Serra F.
74772
Vliegen K.
56631

Florent Serra defeated Kristof Vliegen 7-5 4-6 7-6 in the Chennai round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Kristof Vliegen came in defending last year's semi-final, but Florent Serra had been the form player, winning 3 of their last 7 on hard. Florent Serra extended the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

1–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2007-10-08MoscowR16hardFlorent Serra6-7(2) 6-4 6-2
2006-10-30Paris MastersR64hardKristof Vliegen3-6 6-3 7-6(4)

Serve vs return

This season
Serra F.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Vliegen K.

Vliegen K.serving82% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Serra 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
Serra F.Vliegen K.
1st serve in·Even
61%
60%
1st serve points won·Even
68%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
49%
Service points won·Even
61%
61%
Return points won·Even
36%
35%
Break points saved·Slight edge
60%
55%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.8
5.5
Double faults / match·Slight edge
1.8
2.1

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Serra F.Vliegen K.
Clutch Rating·Even
40
44
Break points saved·Clear edge
83
69
Break points won·Slight edge
37
44
Deciding sets·Even
50
50
Tiebreaks·Dominant
22
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
Malisse X.
Koubek S.
6-16-3
Youzhny M.
Nadal R.
6-06-1
Semi-finals
Koubek S.
Moya C.
6-36-1
Malisse X.
Nadal R.
6-47-64
Nadal R.
Moya C.
6-737-687-61
Youzhny M.
Cilic M.
6-26-3
Quarter-finals
Malisse X.
Santoro F.
6-44-66-0
Nadal R.
Sanguinetti D.
6-36-2
Moya C.
Karlovic I.
6-47-66
Koubek S.
Benneteau J.
6-16-2
Moya C.
Serra F.
6-36-4
Cilic M.
Haase R.
4-66-26-3
Youzhny M.
Malisse X.
6-46-4
Nadal R.
Garcia Lopez G.
6-36-2
R16
Karlovic I.
Pless K.
7-637-62
Nadal R.
Rastogi K.
6-46-1
Malisse X.
Galvani S.
6-36-2
Koubek S.
Srichaphan P.
6-16-2
Benneteau J.
Andreev I.
7-646-2
Moya C.
Kim K.
6-46-3
Sanguinetti D.
Mahut N.
7-663-66-3
Santoro F.
Phau B.
6-46-2
Garcia Lopez G.
Eschauer W.
4-67-57-63
Moya C.
Kudryavtsev A.
6-36-746-2
Haase R.
Zovko L.
6-17-5
Cilic M.
Mahut N.
6-26-4
Serra F.
Vliegen K.
7-54-67-63
Malisse X.
Melzer J.
7-636-2
Youzhny M.
Roger-Vasselin E.
7-51-66-2
Nadal R.
Ram R.
6-26-1
R32
Santoro F.
Skoch D.
3-0
Malisse X.
Udomchoke D.
6-26-2
Mahut N.
Falla A.
7-56-4
Sanguinetti D.
Economidis K.
6-46-3
Rastogi K.
Alves T.
6-36-4
Nadal R.
Schuettler R.
6-46-2
Benneteau J.
Gabashvili T.
6-36-4
Andreev I.
Giraldo S.
6-37-62
Galvani S.
Lu Y.
6-26-3
Koubek S.
Salva Vidal B.
2-66-37-5
Srichaphan P.
Bolelli S.
7-656-4
Phau B.
Patience O.
6-46-4
Pless K.
Nalbandian D.
2-66-37-5
Karlovic I.
Amritraj P.
7-636-3
Kim K.
Greul S.
1-66-26-3
Moya C.
Waske A.
7-636-3
Ram R.
Schukin Y.
7-667-62
Eschauer W.
Salva Vidal B.
7-635-76-4
Roger-Vasselin E.
Vardhan V.
6-16-2
Malisse X.
Muller G.
6-46-3
Melzer J.
Capdeville P.
6-26-4
Vliegen K.
Gicquel M.
7-656-4
Serra F.
Navarro I.
6-47-66
Kudryavtsev A.
Amritraj P.
6-34-67-68
Moya C.
Gabashvili T.
6-46-1
Garcia Lopez G.
Peya A.
6-46-4
Nadal R.
Montcourt M.
6-26-4
Haase R.
Baghdatis M.
6-36-4
Zovko L.
Ascione T.
6-46-0
Cilic M.
Troicki V.
3-67-666-1
Mahut N.
Gremelmayr D.
6-36-3
Youzhny M.
Vanek J.
6-36-2