Fernando Verdasco vs Karlis Lejnieks — St. Petersburg Round of 16

St. Petersburg · ATP · Round of 16
ESP
Fernando Verdasco
42 yrs · 188 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 20 October 2008
carpet
LAT
Karlis Lejnieks
38 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLWLLL
Verdasco F.
6-1 6-3
Lejnieks K.
Verdasco F.
662
Lejnieks K.
13–

Fernando Verdasco defeated Karlis Lejnieks 6-1 6-3 in the St. Petersburg round of 16 on carpet. The result followed the form book — Fernando Verdasco came in defending last year's final.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Verdasco F.serving84% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Lejnieks K.

Lejnieks K.serving81% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Verdasco 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
Verdasco F.Lejnieks K.
1st serve in·Even
64%
60%
1st serve points won·Even
69%
73%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
49%
42%
Service points won·Even
62%
61%
Return points won·Slight edge
37%
31%
Break points saved·Clear edge
62%
77%
Aces / match·Dominant
5.3
14.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.4
6.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 1). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Murray A.
Golubev A.
6-16-1
Semi-finals
Golubev A.
Hanescu V.
6-36-0
Murray A.
Verdasco F.
6-06-3
Quarter-finals
Murray A.
Tipsarevic J.
7-657-5
Hanescu V.
Elgin M.
6-16-4
Golubev A.
Zverev M.
6-736-47-64
Verdasco F.
Schuettler R.
7-56-2
R16
Elgin M.
Davydenko N.
W/O
Murray A.
Gulbis E.
6-46-2
Tipsarevic J.
Chardy J.
6-47-63
Verdasco F.
Lejnieks K.
6-16-3
Schuettler R.
Hrbaty D.
6-36-3
Golubev A.
Safin M.
6-46-2
Zverev M.
Youzhny M.
7-56-4
Hanescu V.
Kukushkin M.
6-37-67
R32
Chardy J.
Ancic M.
6-43-66-4
Murray A.
Troicki V.
6-36-3
Tipsarevic J.
Starace P.
6-37-64
Gulbis E.
Garcia Lopez G.
6-06-2
Verdasco F.
Gabashvili T.
1-66-46-3
Youzhny M.
Navarro I.
6-26-1
Kukushkin M.
Cilic M.
7-644-67-66
Hanescu V.
Korolev E.
6-16-2
Elgin M.
Volandri F.
6-46-4
Davydenko N.
Guccione C.
6-46-4
Schuettler R.
Kunitsyn I.
6-26-3
Zverev M.
Serra F.
6-46-2
Safin M.
Stakhovsky S.
6-26-4
Golubev A.
Rochus O.
6-16-4
Hrbaty D.
Tursunov D.
6-16-1
Lejnieks K.
Kudryavtsev A.
3-67-616-3