Rafael Nadal vs Potito Starace — Beijing Olympics Round of 64

Beijing Olympics · ATP · Round of 64
ESP
Rafael Nadal
40 yrs · 185 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 11 August 2008
hard
ITA
Potito Starace
45 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Nadal R.
6-2 3-6 6-2
Starace P.
Nadal R.
6362
Starace P.
2621

Rafael Nadal defeated Potito Starace 6-2 3-6 6-2 in the Beijing Olympics round of 64 on hard. The result followed the form book — Rafael Nadal came in leading the head-to-head 5–0. Rafael Nadal extended the head-to-head to 6–0.

Key context

  • Match story: Rafael Nadal closed it out in three sets, 6–2 3–6 6–2.

Head to head

5–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2010-01-04DohaR16hardRafael Nadal6-2 6-2
2008-05-11Hamburg MastersR32clayRafael Nadal6-4 7-6(6)
2008-04-28BarcelonaR32clayRafael Nadal6-4 6-2
2007-04-23BarcelonaQFclayRafael Nadal6-2 7-5
2005-02-07Buenos AiresR16clayRafael Nadal6-1 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Nadal R.serving89% hold

wins 69% of points on serve vs Starace P.

Starace P.serving72% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Nadal R.

Serve advantage — Nadal R.

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
Nadal R.Starace P.
1st serve in·Slight edge
65%
72%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
73%
66%
2nd serve points won·Even
56%
52%
Service points won·Slight edge
67%
62%
Return points won·Slight edge
42%
37%
Break points saved·Even
64%
62%
Aces / match·Clear edge
4.4
2.7
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.4
1.2

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Nadal R.Starace P.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
97
43
Break points saved·Clear edge
100
86
Break points won·Dominant
99
38
Deciding sets·Dominant
100
42
Tiebreaks·Dominant
99
47

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