Potito Starace vs Florent Serra — Bastad Round of 32

Bastad · ATP · Round of 32
ITA
Potito Starace
44 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 12 July 2010
clay
FRA
Florent Serra
45 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Starace P.
6-2 6-2
Serra F.
Starace P.
662
Serra F.
22–

Potito Starace defeated Florent Serra 6-2 6-2 in the Bastad round of 32 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Florent Serra came in leading the head-to-head 2–0, defending last year's round of 32. Potito Starace 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
2008-09-08BucharestR16clayFlorent Serra7-5 0-6 6-4
2007-10-08MoscowR32hardFlorent Serra4-6 6-4 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Starace P.serving82% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Serra F.

Serra F.serving74% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Starace P.

Serve advantage — Starace P.

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
Starace P.Serra F.
1st serve in·Clear edge
72%
60%
1st serve points won·Even
67%
68%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
50%
Service points won·Even
63%
61%
Return points won·Even
37%
35%
Break points saved·Even
63%
60%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.7
4.0
Double faults / match·Slight edge
1.2
1.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (191 vs 111). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Starace P.Serra F.
Clutch Rating·Even
43
40
Break points saved·Even
86
83
Break points won·Even
38
37
Deciding sets·Slight edge
42
50
Tiebreaks·Dominant
47
22

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
26°CPartly cloudy
Wind 7 km/hHumidity 66%

Draw

Final
Almagro N.
Soderling R.
7-53-66-2
Semi-finals
Soderling R.
Ferrer D.
4-66-36-2
Almagro N.
Robredo T.
6-16-3
Quarter-finals
Ferrer D.
Cuevas P.
6-36-3
Almagro N.
Skugor F.
4-66-46-0
Robredo T.
Verdasco F.
6-46-3
Soderling R.
Seppi A.
4-67-57-65
R16
Cuevas P.
Riba P.
6-46-2
Seppi A.
Starace P.
6-43-67-67
Ferrer D.
Fognini F.
6-37-5
Skugor F.
Eleskovic E.
6-26-3
Almagro N.
Nieminen J.
6-46-4
Verdasco F.
Robert S.
6-16-1
Robredo T.
Golubev A.
3-66-36-2
Soderling R.
Vinciguerra A.
6-26-766-2
R32
Skugor F.
Istomin D.
7-657-67
Cuevas P.
Mathieu P.
7-627-63
Fognini F.
Prpic F.
6-776-36-4
Riba P.
Luczak P.
4-66-27-66
Golubev A.
Gonzalez M.
6-36-2
Robert S.
Dasnieres De Veigy J.
6-46-1
Vinciguerra A.
Brands D.
7-666-756-4
Seppi A.
Granollers M.
6-46-2
Eleskovic E.
Janowicz J.
6-36-4
Robredo T.
Przysiezny M.
7-636-3
Nieminen J.
Lindell C.
4-66-06-4
Starace P.
Serra F.
6-26-2