Mikhail Youzhny vs Pablo Cuevas — Valencia Round of 16

Valencia · ATP · Round of 16
RUS
Mikhail Youzhny
44 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLWWLLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 2 November 2009
hard
URU
Pablo Cuevas
40 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLWLLW
Youzhny M.
6-2 2-6 6-1
Cuevas P.
Youzhny M.
6262
Cuevas P.
2611

Mikhail Youzhny defeated Pablo Cuevas 6-2 2-6 6-1 in the Valencia round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Pablo Cuevas came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Mikhail Youzhny claimed a first win over Pablo Cuevas in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Mikhail Youzhny closed it out in three sets, 6–2 2–6 6–1.

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2018-01-15Australian OpenR128hardPablo Cuevas7-6(7) 6-3 7-5

Serve vs return

This season
Youzhny M.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Cuevas P.

Cuevas P.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Youzhny M.

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
Youzhny M.Cuevas P.
1st serve in·Even
60%
61%
1st serve points won·Even
69%
71%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
52%
Service points won·Even
62%
64%
Return points won·Even
38%
38%
Break points saved·Even
61%
60%
Aces / match·Slight edge
3.6
4.9
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.2
2.8

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Youzhny M.Cuevas P.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
63
58
Break points saved·Even
93
93
Break points won·Slight edge
41
32
Deciding sets·Clear edge
68
82
Tiebreaks·Dominant
83
44

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
Murray A.
Youzhny M.
6-36-2
Semi-finals
Murray A.
Verdasco F.
6-32-66-3
Youzhny M.
Davydenko N.
3-66-46-3
Quarter-finals
Verdasco F.
Robredo T.
6-36-2
Murray A.
Montanes A.
6-46-2
Youzhny M.
Simon G.
6-46-4
Davydenko N.
Garcia Lopez G.
6-47-63
R16
Montanes A.
Ferrer D.
W/O
Davydenko N.
Monaco J.
6-37-5
Garcia Lopez G.
Monfils G.
6-27-5
Youzhny M.
Cuevas P.
6-22-66-1
Simon G.
Berdych T.
6-44-66-3
Robredo T.
Lopez F.
4-66-36-4
Verdasco F.
Tipsarevic J.
6-36-3
Murray A.
Mayer L.
6-43-66-3
R32
Youzhny M.
Tsonga J.
6-736-03-0
Verdasco F.
Hernandez O.
6-10-1
Montanes A.
Bautista Agut R.
6-13-66-4
Mayer L.
Andreev I.
6-36-3
Garcia Lopez G.
Greul S.
7-56-2
Davydenko N.
Falla A.
6-26-1
Monfils G.
Granollers M.
6-46-2
Monaco J.
Vassallo Arguello M.
6-36-2
Cuevas P.
Ferrero J.
2-67-646-3
Simon G.
Kunitsyn I.
6-36-2
Berdych T.
Mathieu P.
6-36-4
Robredo T.
Rochus C.
6-05-76-3
Lopez F.
Martin A.
7-56-3
Tipsarevic J.
Hanescu V.
6-46-3
Ferrer D.
Almagro N.
7-56-736-2
Murray A.
Gimeno Traver D.
6-36-1