Florent Serra vs Potito Starace — Bucharest Round of 16

Bucharest · ATP · Round of 16
FRA
Florent Serra
45 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 8 September 2008
clay
ITA
Potito Starace
45 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Serra F.
7-5 0-6 6-4
Starace P.
Serra F.
7062
Starace P.
5641

Florent Serra defeated Potito Starace 7-5 0-6 6-4 in the Bucharest round of 16 on clay. Florent Serra extended the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Florent Serra closed it out in three sets, 7–5 0–6 6–4.

Head to head

1–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2010-07-12BastadR32clayPotito Starace6-2 6-2
2007-10-08MoscowR32hardFlorent Serra4-6 6-4 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Serra F.serving74% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Starace P.

Starace P.serving78% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Serra F.

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
Serra F.Starace P.
1st serve in·Slight edge
61%
72%
1st serve points won·Even
68%
66%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
52%
Service points won·Even
61%
62%
Return points won·Even
36%
37%
Break points saved·Even
60%
62%
Aces / match·Slight edge
3.8
2.7
Double faults / match·Slight edge
1.8
1.2

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Serra F.Starace P.
Clutch Rating·Even
40
43
Break points saved·Even
83
86
Break points won·Even
37
38
Deciding sets·Slight edge
50
42
Tiebreaks·Dominant
22
47

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

Conditions

Court speed
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Simon G.
Moya C.
6-36-4
Semi-finals
Simon G.
Acasuso J.
4-67-646-4
Moya C.
Gasquet R.
6-26-4
Quarter-finals
Acasuso J.
Navarro I.
6-46-4
Gasquet R.
Gabashvili T.
6-766-16-1
Moya C.
Garcia Lopez G.
5-76-36-4
Simon G.
Serra F.
6-26-3
R16
Navarro I.
Gremelmayr D.
6-31-0
Moya C.
Andujar P.
6-37-66
Simon G.
Montanes A.
6-36-4
Serra F.
Starace P.
7-50-66-4
Acasuso J.
Vassallo Arguello M.
6-47-5
Gasquet R.
Crivoi V.
6-36-2
Gabashvili T.
Cruciat A.
6-16-2
Garcia Lopez G.
Almagro N.
6-47-5
R32
Cruciat A.
Volandri F.
7-54-0
Crivoi V.
Ramirez Hidalgo R.
3-66-36-4
Gasquet R.
Hernandez O.
3-66-46-4
Vassallo Arguello M.
Hanescu V.
4-67-56-4
Gremelmayr D.
Chardy J.
6-15-76-4
Acasuso J.
Junqueira D.
6-26-4
Moya C.
Martin A.
6-46-746-4
Andujar P.
Dabul B.
4-66-26-4
Garcia Lopez G.
Zverev M.
6-43-66-0
Almagro N.
Devvarman S.
6-766-27-5
Simon G.
Korolev E.
6-16-2
Montanes A.
Lee H.
6-17-64
Serra F.
Devilder N.
3-67-667-64
Starace P.
Granollers M.
6-26-4
Navarro I.
Mathieu P.
6-46-756-3
Gabashvili T.
Gulbis E.
6-22-66-4