Fabrice Santoro vs Victor Hanescu — Dubai Round of 32

Dubai · ATP · Round of 32
FRA
Fabrice Santoro
53 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 23 February 2009
hard
ROU
Victor Hanescu
44 yrs · 198 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Santoro F.
6-4 6-2
Hanescu V.
Santoro F.
662
Hanescu V.
42–

Fabrice Santoro defeated Victor Hanescu 6-4 6-2 in the Dubai round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Victor Hanescu came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Fabrice Santoro claimed a first win over Victor Hanescu in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2003-02-07Davis Cup WG R1: ROU vs FRARRcarpetVictor Hanescu6-1 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Santoro F.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Hanescu V.

Hanescu V.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Santoro 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
Santoro F.Hanescu V.
1st serve in·Clear edge
56%
70%
1st serve points won·Even
69%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
50%
Service points won·Even
60%
63%
Return points won·Even
37%
36%
Break points saved·Even
59%
60%
Aces / match·Even
4.8
4.4
Double faults / match·Slight edge
1.9
1.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (35 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Santoro F.Hanescu V.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
51
31
Break points saved·Slight edge
80
85
Break points won·Dominant
54
13
Deciding sets·Dominant
50
25
Tiebreaks·Even
59
59

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Weather
29°CClear
Wind 21 km/hHumidity 31%

Draw

Final
Djokovic N.
Ferrer D.
7-56-3
Semi-finals
Djokovic N.
Simon G.
3-67-57-5
Ferrer D.
Gasquet R.
6-26-2
Quarter-finals
Gasquet R.
Murray A.
W/O
Djokovic N.
Cilic M.
6-36-4
Simon G.
Santoro F.
7-636-1
Ferrer D.
Andreev I.
7-56-1
R16
Ferrer D.
Kohlschreiber P.
6-46-2
Andreev I.
Tursunov D.
5-76-46-3
Santoro F.
Chiudinelli M.
3-66-17-61
Simon G.
Gabashvili T.
6-16-2
Cilic M.
Benneteau J.
6-34-67-5
Djokovic N.
Hernych J.
6-33-66-4
Gasquet R.
Bolelli S.
6-746-37-65
Murray A.
Clement A.
6-26-3
R32
Murray A.
Stakhovsky S.
6-736-35-3
Andreev I.
De Voest R.
6-46-0
Chiudinelli M.
Karlovic I.
7-644-67-67
Simon G.
Ghareeb M.
5-76-46-4
Gasquet R.
Safin M.
6-35-76-3
Bolelli S.
Troicki V.
6-36-4
Clement A.
Schuettler R.
1-66-36-3
Kohlschreiber P.
Lammer M.
6-16-1
Tursunov D.
Seppi A.
6-16-4
Gabashvili T.
Recouderc L.
5-77-646-3
Santoro F.
Hanescu V.
6-46-2
Djokovic N.
Cipolla F.
6-36-2
Hernych J.
Youzhny M.
4-66-16-4
Benneteau J.
Melzer J.
1-66-36-3
Cilic M.
Tipsarevic J.
2-67-636-4
Ferrer D.
Ljubicic I.
3-66-26-1