Gilles Simon vs Mardy Fish — Sydney Round of 32

Sydney · ATP · Round of 32
FRA
Gilles Simon
41 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWWLLWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 7 January 2008
hard
USA
Mardy Fish
44 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLLLWLL
Simon G.
7-6 6-1
Fish M.
Simon G.
7862
Fish M.
661–

Gilles Simon defeated Mardy Fish 7-6 6-1 in the Sydney round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Mardy Fish came in leading the head-to-head 2–1, but Gilles Simon had been the form player, winning 5 of their last 10 on hard. Gilles Simon narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

  • Match story: Gilles Simon came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 7–6 6–1.

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2012-08-27US OpenR32hardMardy Fish6-1 5-7 7-6(5) 6-3
2011-05-22Roland GarrosR32clayGilles Simon6-3 6-4 6-2
2010-08-15Cincinnati MastersR64hardMardy Fish7-6(4) 7-5

Serve vs return

This season
Simon G.serving78% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Fish M.

Fish M.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Simon G.

Serve advantage — Fish M.

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
Simon G.Fish M.
1st serve in·Slight edge
61%
56%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
68%
77%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
53%
Service points won·Slight edge
61%
67%
Return points won·Even
39%
38%
Break points saved·Even
59%
62%
Aces / match·Dominant
3.8
9.2
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.7
2.2

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Simon G.Fish M.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
74
65
Break points saved·Slight edge
94
89
Break points won·Clear edge
68
56
Deciding sets·Even
73
72
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
82
63

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
Tursunov D.
Guccione C.
7-637-64
Semi-finals
Guccione C.
Stepanek R.
7-653-66-4
Tursunov D.
Santoro F.
6-37-64
Quarter-finals
Guccione C.
Berdych T.
4-67-666-4
Stepanek R.
Calleri A.
6-26-4
Santoro F.
Korolev E.
6-36-3
Tursunov D.
Grosjean S.
6-46-2
R16
Guccione C.
Hewitt L.
7-647-62
Stepanek R.
Seppi A.
7-52-66-4
Calleri A.
Moya C.
6-36-4
Berdych T.
Simon G.
7-636-2
Korolev E.
Minar I.
6-26-3
Santoro F.
Darcis S.
6-16-3
Grosjean S.
Verdasco F.
6-36-4
Tursunov D.
Gasquet R.
3-66-36-4
R32
Korolev E.
Mathieu P.
6-1
Santoro F.
Blake J.
7-646-2
Verdasco F.
Lopez F.
6-34-66-2
Grosjean S.
Luczak P.
6-44-66-0
Gasquet R.
Andreev I.
6-37-66
Tursunov D.
Wawrinka S.
6-36-3
Darcis S.
Sirianni J.
6-17-64
Minar I.
Jones A.
6-27-5
Seppi A.
Tsonga J.
3-66-36-2
Calleri A.
Jones G.
6-36-2
Moya C.
Koubek S.
1-66-46-2
Berdych T.
Volandri F.
6-16-3
Simon G.
Fish M.
7-666-1
Guccione C.
Martin A.
7-666-4
Hewitt L.
Mahut N.
6-36-4
Stepanek R.
Robredo T.
6-46-2