Frank Dancevic vs Fabrice Santoro — Eastbourne Semi-final

Eastbourne · ATP · Semi-final
CAN
Frank Dancevic
41 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Sunday, 14 June 2009
grass
FRA
Fabrice Santoro
53 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Dancevic F.
6-4 6-4
Santoro F.
Dancevic F.
662
Santoro F.
44–

Frank Dancevic defeated Fabrice Santoro 6-4 6-4 in the Eastbourne semi-final on grass. The upset overturned the form book — Fabrice Santoro came in leading the head-to-head 2–0. Frank Dancevic claimed a first win over Fabrice Santoro in three meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Frank Dancevic edged a tight contest from start to finish — 6–4 6–4.

Head to head

0–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2007-07-09NewportR16grassFabrice Santoro6-7(6) 6-3 6-4
2002-07-29Canada MastersR64hardFabrice Santoro7-5 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Dancevic F.serving89% hold

wins 69% of points on serve vs Santoro F.

Santoro F.serving84% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Dancevic F.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

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
Dancevic F.Santoro F.
1st serve in·Even
60%
56%
1st serve points won·Even
73%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
49%
Service points won·Even
64%
60%
Return points won·Even
36%
37%
Break points saved·Even
63%
59%
Aces / match·Clear edge
7.1
4.8
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.5
1.9

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Dancevic F.Santoro F.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
27
51
Break points saved·Even
83
80
Break points won·Dominant
7
54
Deciding sets·Slight edge
41
50
Tiebreaks·Dominant
24
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

Draw

Final
Tursunov D.
Dancevic F.
6-37-65
Semi-finals
Dancevic F.
Santoro F.
6-46-4
Tursunov D.
Garcia Lopez G.
6-26-2
Quarter-finals
Santoro F.
Ljubicic I.
3-64-2
Garcia Lopez G.
Tipsarevic J.
6-43-66-3
Tursunov D.
Istomin D.
7-666-4
Dancevic F.
Mayer L.
6-746-47-5
R16
Santoro F.
Ginepri R.
4-66-46-1
Tursunov D.
Bogdanovic A.
6-726-47-65
Istomin D.
Querrey S.
3-67-636-4
Tipsarevic J.
Klein B.
7-656-1
Garcia Lopez G.
Lu Y.
6-46-707-63
Ljubicic I.
Goodall J.
6-37-5
Dancevic F.
Ward J.
7-666-4
Mayer L.
Benneteau J.
6-46-4
R32
Bogdanovic A.
Minar I.
6-47-63
Tursunov D.
Fognini F.
6-34-66-4
Mayer L.
Schwank E.
6-46-2
Ward J.
Crivoi V.
6-16-3
Dancevic F.
Andreev I.
7-666-2
Benneteau J.
Youzhny M.
4-66-46-4
Santoro F.
Kendrick R.
6-36-2
Ginepri R.
Golubev A.
6-36-4
Ljubicic I.
Seppi A.
7-647-5
Goodall J.
Ito T.
6-46-1
Garcia Lopez G.
Korolev E.
6-26-736-2
Lu Y.
Fleming C.
7-621-66-3
Klein B.
Gabashvili T.
6-35-76-1
Tipsarevic J.
Mathieu P.
6-46-2
Querrey S.
Capdeville P.
6-27-5
Istomin D.
Kim K.
7-657-5