Potito Starace vs Nicolas Lapentti — Acapulco Round of 32

Acapulco · ATP · Round of 32
ITA
Potito Starace
45 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 25 February 2008
hard
ECU
Nicolas Lapentti
49 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLLLLW
Starace P.
6-4 6-2
Lapentti N.
Starace P.
662
Lapentti N.
42–

Potito Starace defeated Nicolas Lapentti 6-4 6-2 in the Acapulco round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Nicolas Lapentti came in leading the head-to-head 2–0. Potito Starace claimed a first win over Nicolas Lapentti in three meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2010-03-24Miami MastersR128hardNicolas Lapentti7-5 6-3
2008-04-20Monte Carlo MastersR64clayNicolas Lapentti7-6(3) 6-7(2) 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Starace P.serving82% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Lapentti N.

Lapentti N.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Starace P.

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
Starace P.Lapentti N.
1st serve in·Slight edge
72%
61%
1st serve points won·Even
66%
68%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
49%
Service points won·Even
62%
61%
Return points won·Even
37%
37%
Break points saved·Slight edge
62%
56%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.7
3.4
Double faults / match·Clear edge
1.2
2.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 59). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Starace P.Lapentti N.
Clutch Rating·Even
43
45
Break points saved·Clear edge
86
70
Break points won·Even
38
42
Deciding sets·Slight edge
42
49
Tiebreaks·Dominant
46
73

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

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
32°CClear
Wind 16 km/hHumidity 44%

Draw

Final
Almagro N.
Nalbandian D.
6-17-61
Semi-finals
Nalbandian D.
Horna L.
7-56-1
Almagro N.
Acasuso J.
6-43-67-5
Quarter-finals
Acasuso J.
Granollers M.
7-626-3
Horna L.
Calleri A.
6-43-66-3
Almagro N.
Massu N.
4-66-36-3
Nalbandian D.
Starace P.
6-36-3
R16
Granollers M.
Montanes A.
6-27-66
Almagro N.
Volandri F.
6-36-3
Nalbandian D.
Ventura S.
6-26-3
Starace P.
Luczak P.
6-36-3
Horna L.
Monaco J.
7-646-3
Calleri A.
Chela J.
7-642-66-1
Massu N.
Moya C.
6-46-2
Acasuso J.
Canas G.
4-66-26-2
R32
Granollers M.
Rodriguez B.
6-36-3
Montanes A.
Andreev I.
7-646-3
Acasuso J.
Hernandez O.
6-46-0
Canas G.
Berlocq C.
6-46-756-4
Almagro N.
Vanek J.
6-16-2
Massu N.
Vassallo Arguello M.
6-36-4
Volandri F.
Minar I.
6-47-5
Moya C.
Eschauer W.
6-46-4
Chela J.
Cuevas P.
7-646-4
Starace P.
Lapentti N.
6-46-2
Monaco J.
Brzezicki J.
6-32-66-3
Calleri A.
Echagaray B.
6-46-1
Ventura S.
Ramirez C.
6-36-1
Horna L.
Fognini F.
6-47-5
Nalbandian D.
Pashanski B.
6-27-5
Luczak P.
Roitman S.
6-36-4