Victor Hanescu vs Jarkko Nieminen — Casablanca Round of 16

Casablanca · ATP · Round of 16
ROU
Victor Hanescu
44 yrs · 198 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLWWWWL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 5 April 2010
clay
FIN
Jarkko Nieminen
44 yrs · 185 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WWWLLLLLLW
Hanescu V.
2-6 6-3 6-2
Nieminen J.
Hanescu V.
2662
Nieminen J.
6321

Victor Hanescu defeated Jarkko Nieminen 2-6 6-3 6-2 in the Casablanca round of 16 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Jarkko Nieminen came in leading the head-to-head 3–0. Victor Hanescu claimed a first win over Jarkko Nieminen in four meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2011-07-25GstaadR32clayJarkko Nieminen7-5 6-2
2005-04-04CasablancaR32clayJarkko Nieminen6-3 7-6(2)
2003-05-26Roland GarrosR32clayJarkko Nieminen6-7(1) 6-4 6-2 3-6 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Hanescu V.serving78% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Nieminen J.

Nieminen J.serving78% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Hanescu V.

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
Hanescu V.Nieminen J.
1st serve in·Even
70%
66%
1st serve points won·Even
69%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
49%
Service points won·Even
63%
62%
Return points won·Even
36%
37%
Break points saved·Even
60%
59%
Aces / match·Slight edge
4.4
3.3
Double faults / match·Clear edge
1.4
2.2

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Hanescu V.Nieminen J.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
31
56
Break points saved·Even
85
88
Break points won·Dominant
13
42
Deciding sets·Dominant
25
60
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
59
70

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Wawrinka S.
Hanescu V.
6-26-3
Semi-finals
Hanescu V.
Serra F.
6-46-1
Wawrinka S.
Starace P.
6-43-66-4
Quarter-finals
Wawrinka S.
El Amrani R.
6-36-1
Starace P.
Kubot L.
6-16-0
Serra F.
Garcia Lopez G.
6-26-2
Hanescu V.
Gasquet R.
7-634-66-3
R16
Wawrinka S.
Klizan M.
6-40-66-4
Starace P.
Hernandez O.
6-26-1
Garcia Lopez G.
Granollers M.
6-36-2
Gasquet R.
Golubev A.
6-16-1
Kubot L.
Clement A.
6-46-1
Hanescu V.
Nieminen J.
2-66-36-2
Serra F.
Robert S.
2-66-16-3
El Amrani R.
Hajek J.
6-32-66-2
R32
Granollers M.
Haase R.
7-677-65
Serra F.
Ventura S.
6-46-3
Robert S.
Koubek S.
6-35-77-5
Klizan M.
Dolgopolov A.
4-66-17-5
El Amrani R.
Gabashvili T.
7-654-67-64
Hajek J.
Greul S.
7-636-4
Clement A.
Navarro I.
6-36-3
Starace P.
Luczak P.
6-37-5
Hernandez O.
Mathieu P.
7-676-3
Gasquet R.
Rochus O.
6-16-1
Golubev A.
Koellerer D.
6-27-65
Nieminen J.
Ziadi M.
6-16-1