Horacio Zeballos vs Igor Kunitsyn — St. Petersburg Semi-final

St. Petersburg · ATP · Semi-final
ARG
Horacio Zeballos
41 yrs · 188 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLWWWW
0 — 0
Sets
Sunday, 25 October 2009
carpet
RUS
Igor Kunitsyn
44 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLLLLL
Zeballos H.
7-6 6-3
Kunitsyn I.
Zeballos H.
7962
Kunitsyn I.
673–

Horacio Zeballos defeated Igor Kunitsyn 7-6 6-3 in the St. Petersburg semi-final on carpet. The upset overturned the form book — Igor Kunitsyn came in defending last year's round of 32.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Zeballos H.serving88% hold

wins 68% of points on serve vs Kunitsyn I.

Kunitsyn I.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Zeballos H.

Serve advantage — Zeballos H.

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
Zeballos H.Kunitsyn I.
1st serve in·Even
61%
62%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
73%
65%
2nd serve points won·Even
53%
49%
Service points won·Slight edge
65%
59%
Return points won·Even
35%
36%
Break points saved·Slight edge
62%
55%
Aces / match·Clear edge
5.9
3.2
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.6
1.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 127). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Zeballos H.Kunitsyn I.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
45
36
Break points saved·Clear edge
89
67
Break points won·Dominant
17
42
Deciding sets·Clear edge
57
39
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
58
50

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

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Stakhovsky S.
Zeballos H.
2-67-687-67
Semi-finals
Stakhovsky S.
Safin M.
6-44-66-4
Zeballos H.
Kunitsyn I.
7-676-3
Quarter-finals
Stakhovsky S.
Phau B.
6-27-5
Kunitsyn I.
Hanescu V.
6-33-67-66
Safin M.
Istomin D.
6-07-64
Zeballos H.
Gulbis E.
7-686-4
R16
Istomin D.
Youzhny M.
6-22-1
Safin M.
Andreev I.
6-30-1
Phau B.
Beck K.
6-42-1
Zeballos H.
Dolgopolov A.
6-36-1
Hanescu V.
Marchenko I.
6-36-4
Stakhovsky S.
Kuznetsov A.
6-16-4
Gulbis E.
Chardy J.
7-676-3
Kunitsyn I.
Elgin M.
6-26-3
R32
Dolgopolov A.
Ginepri R.
6-21-0
Hanescu V.
Gabashvili T.
6-16-2
Marchenko I.
Fognini F.
6-46-1
Elgin M.
Kukushkin M.
6-36-3
Kunitsyn I.
Cuevas P.
6-46-3
Chardy J.
Alexandru Luncanu P.
6-26-2
Gulbis E.
Mayer F.
6-37-63
Zeballos H.
Schukin Y.
7-696-3
Stakhovsky S.
Korolev E.
6-46-3
Kuznetsov A.
Granollers M.
6-747-666-4
Phau B.
Vovk S.
6-36-2
Beck K.
Troicki V.
7-644-66-4
Andreev I.
Starace P.
6-46-2
Safin M.
Gasquet R.
7-656-4
Istomin D.
Schuettler R.
6-46-4
Youzhny M.
Golubev A.
6-36-2