Victor Hanescu vs Florent Serra — Casablanca Semi-final

Casablanca · ATP · Semi-final
ROU
Victor Hanescu
44 yrs · 198 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 5 April 2010
clay
FRA
Florent Serra
45 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Hanescu V.
6-4 6-1
Serra F.
Hanescu V.
662
Serra F.
41–

Victor Hanescu defeated Florent Serra 6-4 6-1 in the Casablanca semi-final on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Florent Serra came in leading the head-to-head 2–0, defending last year's final. Victor Hanescu claimed a first win over Florent Serra in three meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2009-07-26GstaadR16clayFlorent Serra6-4 RET
2008-05-25Roland GarrosR64clayFlorent Serra6-4 6-3 6-7(5) 7-6(5)

Serve vs return

This season
Hanescu V.serving82% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Serra F.

Serra F.serving74% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Hanescu V.

Serve advantage — Hanescu V.

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.Serra F.
1st serve in·Slight edge
70%
60%
1st serve points won·Even
69%
67%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
50%
Service points won·Even
63%
60%
Return points won·Even
36%
35%
Break points saved·Even
60%
60%
Aces / match·Even
4.4
3.9
Double faults / match·Slight edge
1.4
1.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 111). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Hanescu V.Serra F.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
31
40
Break points saved·Even
85
83
Break points won·Clear edge
13
37
Deciding sets·Dominant
25
50
Tiebreaks·Dominant
59
22

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