John Isner vs Tomas Berdych — Washington Quarter-final

Washington · ATP · Quarter-final
USA
John Isner
41 yrs · 208 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLWLLWWW
2 — 1
Sets
Sunday, 2 August 2009
hard
CZE
Tomas Berdych
40 yrs · 196 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Isner J.
6-3 6-7 6-2
Berdych T.
Isner J.
661062
Berdych T.
371221

John Isner defeated Tomas Berdych 6-3 6-7 6-2 in the Washington quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Tomas Berdych came in leading the head-to-head 7–1. John Isner narrowed the head-to-head to 7–2.

Key context

  • Match story: John Isner closed it out in three sets, 6–3 6–7 6–2.

Head to head

1–7
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2015-05-03Madrid MastersQFclayTomas Berdych3-6 7-6(7) 7-6(1)
2014-09-29BeijingQFhardTomas Berdych6-1 6-4
2014-05-26Roland GarrosR16clayTomas Berdych6-4 6-4 6-4
2014-03-19Miami MastersR16hardTomas Berdych6-3 7-5
2013-09-30BeijingQFhardTomas Berdych7-5 6-2
2012-08-19Winston-SalemFhardJohn Isner3-6 6-4 7-6(9)
2010-05-24Roland GarrosR32clayTomas Berdych6-2 6-2 6-1
2010-05-16DusseldorfRRclayTomas Berdych1-6 6-1 7-6(4)

Serve vs return

This season
Isner J.serving95% hold

wins 75% of points on serve vs Berdych T.

Berdych T.serving96% hold

wins 77% of points on serve vs Isner J.

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
Isner J.Berdych T.
1st serve in·Clear edge
70%
58%
1st serve points won·Even
80%
77%
2nd serve points won·Even
56%
52%
Service points won·Slight edge
73%
67%
Return points won·Slight edge
29%
37%
Break points saved·Slight edge
70%
64%
Aces / match·Dominant
21.7
7.9
Double faults / match·Even
2.5
2.5

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Isner J.Berdych T.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
64
82
Break points saved·Even
99
98
Break points won·Dominant
0
70
Deciding sets·Even
91
87
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
98
85

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

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Weather
27°CDrizzle
Wind 7 km/hHumidity 83%

Draw

Final
del Potro J.
Roddick A.
3-67-57-66
Semi-finals
del Potro J.
Gonzalez F.
7-626-3
Roddick A.
Isner J.
6-736-27-5
Quarter-finals
Roddick A.
Karlovic I.
7-647-65
del Potro J.
Soderling R.
W/O
Isner J.
Berdych T.
6-36-7106-2
Gonzalez F.
Haas T.
7-56-4
R16
Haas T.
Ferrero J.
7-52-66-1
Roddick A.
Querrey S.
7-646-4
Karlovic I.
Devvarman S.
7-56-1
Isner J.
De Chaunac S.
6-26-4
Berdych T.
Petzschner P.
4-66-36-3
Gonzalez F.
Odesnik W.
6-26-4
Soderling R.
Gicquel M.
7-55-76-3
del Potro J.
Hewitt L.
4-66-37-62
R32
Gicquel M.
Troicki V.
3-0
Hewitt L.
Sela D.
6-32-66-2
Isner J.
Tsonga J.
4-67-627-64
De Chaunac S.
Tursunov D.
3-67-637-5
Petzschner P.
Fish M.
1-66-46-1
Berdych T.
Gulbis E.
6-27-66
Ferrero J.
Robredo T.
6-36-2
Haas T.
Dancevic F.
6-14-66-4
Karlovic I.
Schuettler R.
6-47-5
Odesnik W.
Andreev I.
2-67-56-4
Devvarman S.
Cilic M.
7-56-4
Gonzalez F.
Falla A.
7-57-5
Soderling R.
Youzhny M.
6-36-1
Querrey S.
Kunitsyn I.
6-36-4
Roddick A.
Becker B.
6-36-2
del Potro J.
Lu Y.
4-66-36-2
R64
Becker B.
Ginepri R.
7-636-717-64
Ferrero J.
Lapentti N.
6-46-756-0
Gulbis E.
Kim K.
7-53-66-3
Petzschner P.
Gabashvili T.
4-66-36-4
De Chaunac S.
Istomin D.
6-37-67
Lu Y.
Russell M.
4-66-17-5
Odesnik W.
Capdeville P.
4-66-26-4
Dancevic F.
Giraldo S.
6-46-3
Isner J.
Golubev A.
7-686-3
Schuettler R.
Mayer L.
6-13-67-65
Kunitsyn I.
Gil F.
7-616-4
Devvarman S.
Sugita Y.
6-07-66
Hewitt L.
Young D.
7-56-2
Gicquel M.
Janowicz J.
7-52-66-4
Youzhny M.
Kendrick R.
7-53-66-1
Falla A.
Witten J.
6-16-4