Fernando Verdasco vs Robin Soderling — Barcelona Final

Barcelona · ATP · Final
ESP
Fernando Verdasco
42 yrs · 188 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 19 April 2010
clay
SWE
Robin Soderling
41 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Verdasco F.
6-3 4-6 6-3
Soderling R.
Verdasco F.
6462
Soderling R.
3631

Fernando Verdasco defeated Robin Soderling 6-3 4-6 6-3 in the Barcelona final on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Robin Soderling came in leading the head-to-head 5–1, defending last year's round of 32. Fernando Verdasco narrowed the head-to-head to 5–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–5
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2011-05-08Rome MastersR32clayRobin Soderling2-6 7-5 6-4
2008-07-21Canada MastersR32hardRobin Soderling6-4 6-7(4) 6-4
2008-02-18RotterdamR16hardRobin Soderling6-4 6-1
2007-07-09BastadR16clayRobin Soderling6-3 5-7 7-6(4)
2005-08-22New HavenR32hardFernando Verdasco7-6(3) 7-6(4)
2005-05-23Roland GarrosR128clayRobin Soderling1-6 3-6 6-3 6-3 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Verdasco F.serving72% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Soderling R.

Soderling R.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Verdasco F.

Serve advantage — Soderling R.

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
Verdasco F.Soderling R.
1st serve in·Even
64%
61%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
69%
77%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
52%
Service points won·Slight edge
62%
67%
Return points won·Even
37%
39%
Break points saved·Even
62%
63%
Aces / match·Dominant
5.3
9.2
Double faults / match·Even
3.4
3.1

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 120). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Verdasco F.Soderling R.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
57
74
Break points saved·Even
96
92
Break points won·Dominant
40
71
Deciding sets·Clear edge
65
80
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
54
67

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

Conditions

Court speed
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast
Weather
16°CClear
Wind 3 km/hHumidity 72%

Draw

Final
Verdasco F.
Soderling R.
6-34-66-3
Semi-finals
Soderling R.
De Bakker T.
6-16-4
Verdasco F.
Ferrer D.
6-737-56-1
Quarter-finals
Verdasco F.
Gulbis E.
6-27-64
De Bakker T.
Tsonga J.
6-43-66-3
Soderling R.
Schwank E.
6-26-3
Ferrer D.
Bellucci T.
6-46-0
R16
Ferrer D.
Bolelli S.
6-03-0
Soderling R.
Lopez F.
6-36-2
Verdasco F.
Melzer J.
3-67-616-3
De Bakker T.
Ferrero J.
7-623-67-64
Bellucci T.
Garcia Lopez G.
6-46-4
Schwank E.
Navarro I.
6-37-67
Tsonga J.
Almagro N.
5-76-16-4
Gulbis E.
Ramos A.
6-16-3
R32
Ferrero J.
Stakhovsky S.
6-34-2
Bolelli S.
Martin A.
7-627-61
Lopez F.
Istomin D.
7-677-5
Bellucci T.
Hanescu V.
6-21-67-5
Tsonga J.
Hajek J.
6-36-2
Soderling R.
Chela J.
7-57-5
Gulbis E.
Chardy J.
6-36-2
Ramos A.
Gonzalez F.
6-46-786-3
Garcia Lopez G.
Gabashvili T.
1-67-656-4
Melzer J.
Hernandez O.
6-747-57-5
Schwank E.
Hewitt L.
7-636-4
Navarro I.
Cuevas P.
6-26-4
Almagro N.
Greul S.
6-16-3
De Bakker T.
Gimeno Traver D.
7-656-3
Ferrer D.
Granollers M.
7-56-4
Verdasco F.
Gasquet R.
7-56-3
R64
Lopez F.
Dolgopolov A.
6-33-0
Bolelli S.
Robredo T.
6-776-43-1
Gasquet R.
Andreev I.
7-656-4
Gulbis E.
Luczak P.
7-646-3
Chela J.
Krajinovic F.
6-16-4
Istomin D.
Robert S.
7-651-66-1
Hewitt L.
Ilhan M.
6-44-66-2
Garcia Lopez G.
Rochus C.
5-76-16-3
Hanescu V.
Beck A.
6-16-2
Bellucci T.
Nieminen J.
6-46-4
Martin A.
Kukushkin M.
7-56-4
Granollers M.
Kubot L.
6-46-3
Ramos A.
Russell M.
6-46-3
Chardy J.
Montanes A.
6-37-61
Melzer J.
Lapentti N.
6-36-3
Hernandez O.
Marchenko I.
6-726-26-4
Stakhovsky S.
Zverev M.
4-66-46-2
De Bakker T.
Falla A.
6-16-0
Gimeno Traver D.
Monaco J.
6-23-66-2
Almagro N.
Ventura S.
6-16-2
Greul S.
Riba P.
6-46-4
Hajek J.
Starace P.
6-16-4
Cuevas P.
Zeballos H.
7-626-2
Schwank E.
Fognini F.
6-16-3