Xavier Malisse vs Florent Serra — Indian Wells Masters Round of 128

Indian Wells Masters · ATP · Round of 128
BEL
Xavier Malisse
45 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Thursday, 13 March 2008
hard
FRA
Florent Serra
45 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Malisse X.
6-7 6-2 6-0
Serra F.
Malisse X.
65662
Serra F.
77201

Xavier Malisse defeated Florent Serra 6-7 6-2 6-0 in the Indian Wells Masters round of 128 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Florent Serra came in leading the head-to-head 2–0, defending last year's round of 64. Xavier Malisse claimed a first win over Florent Serra in three meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2011-02-14MemphisR32hardFlorent Serra6-2 1-0 RET
2006-01-02AdelaideFhardFlorent Serra6-3 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Malisse X.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Serra F.

Serra F.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Malisse X.

Serve advantage — Malisse X.

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
Malisse X.Serra F.
1st serve in·Even
58%
61%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
73%
68%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
50%
Service points won·Even
64%
61%
Return points won·Even
37%
36%
Break points saved·Even
60%
60%
Aces / match·Dominant
6.8
3.8
Double faults / match·Even
2.0
1.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (192 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Malisse X.Serra F.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
52
40
Break points saved·Even
85
83
Break points won·Clear edge
52
37
Deciding sets·Even
53
50
Tiebreaks·Dominant
56
22

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
27°CMainly clear
Wind 12 km/hHumidity 24%

Draw

Final
Djokovic N.
Fish M.
6-25-76-3
Semi-finals
Djokovic N.
Nadal R.
6-36-2
Fish M.
Federer R.
6-36-2
Quarter-finals
Fish M.
Nalbandian D.
6-36-757-64
Djokovic N.
Wawrinka S.
7-656-2
Nadal R.
Blake J.
7-53-66-3
Federer R.
Haas T.
W/O
R16
Wawrinka S.
Lee H.
6-15-76-4
Djokovic N.
Canas G.
6-26-3
Blake J.
Gasquet R.
6-46-2
Federer R.
Ljubicic I.
6-36-4
Haas T.
Murray A.
2-67-56-3
Fish M.
Hewitt L.
7-53-67-64
Nalbandian D.
Ferrero J.
6-26-2
Nadal R.
Tsonga J.
6-747-637-5
R32
Lee H.
Ferrer D.
7-656-757-63
Murray A.
Karlovic I.
7-676-736-3
Federer R.
Mahut N.
6-16-1
Ljubicic I.
Robredo T.
6-36-4
Haas T.
Verdasco F.
7-654-66-1
Fish M.
Davydenko N.
6-36-2
Blake J.
Moya C.
6-36-4
Tsonga J.
Mathieu P.
7-656-4
Nadal R.
Young D.
6-16-3
Gasquet R.
Chela J.
6-26-1
Wawrinka S.
Baghdatis M.
6-36-716-0
Nalbandian D.
Stepanek R.
7-610-67-66
Ferrero J.
Ancic M.
7-54-67-67
Hewitt L.
Youzhny M.
7-56-1
Canas G.
Monaco J.
6-36-716-2
Djokovic N.
Kohlschreiber P.
6-36-2
R64
Mahut N.
Almagro N.
7-616-2
Canas G.
Bjorkman J.
6-27-64
Wawrinka S.
Berdych T.
2-67-636-4
Monaco J.
Haase R.
6-26-4
Kohlschreiber P.
Malisse X.
6-25-76-4
Djokovic N.
Seppi A.
6-37-63
Gasquet R.
Soderling R.
6-36-2
Blake J.
Gicquel M.
6-36-756-1
Moya C.
Ginepri R.
2-66-26-4
Mathieu P.
Fognini F.
6-17-67
Tsonga J.
Sela D.
6-26-4
Young D.
Lopez F.
6-46-736-2
Nadal R.
Giraldo S.
6-36-3
Ferrero J.
Johansson T.
6-46-4
Stepanek R.
Mirnyi M.
6-46-2
Federer R.
Garcia Lopez G.
6-36-2
Lee H.
Nieminen J.
4-67-656-3
Hewitt L.
Querrey S.
6-46-3
Baghdatis M.
Odesnik W.
7-621-66-3
Karlovic I.
De Voest R.
6-37-62
Fish M.
Andreev I.
6-46-3
Davydenko N.
Isner J.
6-27-63
Haas T.
Roddick A.
6-46-4
Verdasco F.
Hanescu V.
4-66-46-3
Chela J.
Tursunov D.
6-717-666-4
Nalbandian D.
Gulbis E.
6-44-67-64
Ferrer D.
Rochus O.
6-26-2
Ljubicic I.
Cilic M.
7-677-5
Murray A.
Melzer J.
3-66-36-3
Robredo T.
Massu N.
6-45-77-65
Youzhny M.
Simon G.
7-56-4
Ancic M.
Gonzalez F.
7-53-66-3
R128
Haase R.
Vemic D.
3-66-36-2
Malisse X.
Serra F.
6-756-26-0
Seppi A.
Capdeville P.
4-67-636-2
Soderling R.
Grosjean S.
6-36-3
Tursunov D.
Becker B.
7-646-3
Wawrinka S.
Levine J.
7-54-66-4
Odesnik W.
Kunitsyn I.
2-67-636-3
Garcia Lopez G.
Roitman S.
6-16-4
Giraldo S.
Eschauer W.
7-656-4
Young D.
Reynolds B.
6-36-4
Sela D.
Kiefer N.
6-46-746-3
Fognini F.
Schuettler R.
2-66-36-3
Gicquel M.
Starace P.
6-46-3
Ginepri R.
Spadea V.
6-16-1
Lee H.
Llodra M.
6-26-3
Rochus O.
Clement A.
6-46-4
Gulbis E.
Hernandez O.
6-26-1
Mirnyi M.
Acasuso J.
7-57-5
Johansson T.
Lu Y.
6-46-726-4
Ancic M.
Monfils G.
6-36-2
Simon G.
Berlocq C.
6-26-3
Querrey S.
Horna L.
7-656-3
Fish M.
Mayer F.
7-56-4
Isner J.
Bolelli S.
6-36-757-62
Haas T.
Benneteau J.
3-66-06-2
Hanescu V.
Montanes A.
1-66-46-4
De Voest R.
Berrer M.
7-647-5
Melzer J.
Safin M.
7-652-66-2
Massu N.
Tipsarevic J.
6-43-67-64
Cilic M.
Nishikori K.
6-26-4
Mahut N.
Korolev E.
3-66-26-2
Bjorkman J.
Volandri F.
6-37-65