Nicolas Massu vs Steve Darcis — Beijing Olympics Round of 64

Beijing Olympics · ATP · Round of 64
CHI
Nicolas Massu
46 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 11 August 2008
hard
BEL
Steve Darcis
42 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWWLWLWW
Massu N.
6-4 7-5
Darcis S.
Massu N.
672
Darcis S.
45–

Nicolas Massu defeated Steve Darcis 6-4 7-5 in the Beijing Olympics round of 64 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Steve Darcis came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Nicolas Massu claimed a first win over Steve Darcis in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2007-07-30SopotR32claySteve Darcis6-7(8) 7-6(0) 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Massu N.serving72% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Darcis S.

Darcis S.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Massu N.

Serve advantage — Darcis S.

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
Massu N.Darcis S.
1st serve in·Even
62%
61%
1st serve points won·Even
66%
70%
2nd serve points won·Even
48%
52%
Service points won·Even
59%
63%
Return points won·Even
36%
39%
Break points saved·Even
61%
61%
Aces / match·Even
3.7
3.6
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.7
1.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (50 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Massu N.Darcis S.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
47
69
Break points saved·Slight edge
80
87
Break points won·Slight edge
47
52
Deciding sets·Dominant
46
79
Tiebreaks·Dominant
56
84

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

Draw

Final
Nadal R.
Gonzalez F.
6-37-626-3
Bronze
Djokovic N.
Blake J.
6-37-64
Semi-finals
Gonzalez F.
Blake J.
4-67-511-9
Nadal R.
Djokovic N.
6-41-66-4
Quarter-finals
Nadal R.
Melzer J.
6-06-4
Gonzalez F.
Mathieu P.
6-46-4
Djokovic N.
Monfils G.
4-66-16-4
Blake J.
Federer R.
6-47-62
R16
Federer R.
Berdych T.
6-37-64
Djokovic N.
Youzhny M.
7-636-3
Monfils G.
Nalbandian D.
6-46-4
Gonzalez F.
Rochus O.
6-06-3
Mathieu P.
Kiefer N.
6-37-5
Blake J.
Simon G.
6-46-2
Nadal R.
Andreev I.
6-46-2
Melzer J.
Lu Y.
6-26-4
R32
Rochus O.
Tipsarevic J.
7-652-3
Djokovic N.
Schuettler R.
6-46-2
Melzer J.
Wawrinka S.
6-46-0
Andreev I.
Llodra M.
6-43-66-1
Nadal R.
Hewitt L.
6-16-2
Federer R.
Arevalo R.
6-26-4
Berdych T.
Seppi A.
6-37-64
Simon G.
Canas G.
7-56-1
Blake J.
Hrbaty D.
7-634-66-3
Mathieu P.
Davydenko N.
7-56-3
Kiefer N.
Anderson K.
6-46-746-4
Gonzalez F.
Cilic M.
6-46-2
Nalbandian D.
Massu N.
7-606-1
Monfils G.
Hanescu V.
6-47-65
Youzhny M.
Johansson T.
7-56-2
Lu Y.
Calleri A.
6-46-4
R64
Canas G.
Niemeyer F.
3-64-2
Rochus O.
Minar I.
6-33-66-3
Tipsarevic J.
Ferrer D.
7-686-2
Nalbandian D.
Zeng S.
6-26-1
Massu N.
Darcis S.
6-47-5
Schuettler R.
Nishikori K.
6-46-756-3
Melzer J.
Daniel M.
6-796-18-6
Wawrinka S.
Dancevic F.
4-66-36-2
Llodra M.
Stepanek R.
4-67-6511-9
Andreev I.
Querrey S.
6-46-4
Hewitt L.
Bjorkman J.
7-57-62
Nadal R.
Starace P.
6-23-66-2
Calleri A.
Mullings D.
6-16-1
Lu Y.
Murray A.
7-656-4
Djokovic N.
Ginepri R.
6-46-4
Federer R.
Tursunov D.
6-46-2
Arevalo R.
Lee H.
4-66-36-4
Seppi A.
Robredo T.
6-44-68-6
Berdych T.
Yu X.
6-16-2
Simon G.
Soderling R.
6-46-4
Hrbaty D.
Bellucci T.
2-66-46-2
Blake J.
Guccione C.
6-37-63
Davydenko N.
Gulbis E.
6-46-2
Mathieu P.
Lapentti N.
7-646-2
Anderson K.
Loglo K.
6-36-2
Kiefer N.
Mirnyi M.
6-36-1
Gonzalez F.
Sun P.
6-46-4
Cilic M.
Monaco J.
6-46-756-3
Youzhny M.
Vanek J.
6-46-1
Johansson T.
Nieminen J.
4-66-46-4
Hanescu V.
Bolelli S.
7-53-66-4
Monfils G.
Almagro N.
6-43-66-3