Andreas Seppi vs Jurgen Melzer — Umag Quarter-final

Umag · ATP · Quarter-final
ITA
Andreas Seppi
42 yrs · 190 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 26 July 2010
clay
AUT
Jurgen Melzer
45 yrs · 183 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWLWLW
Seppi A.
6-1 6-4
Melzer J.
Seppi A.
662
Melzer J.
14–

Andreas Seppi defeated Jurgen Melzer 6-1 6-4 in the Umag quarter-final on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Jurgen Melzer came in leading the head-to-head 4–2, defending last year's semi-final. Andreas Seppi narrowed the head-to-head to 4–3.

Key context

Head to head

2–4
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2012-01-30ZagrebR16hardJurgen Melzer6-2 6-3
2011-02-14MarseilleR16hardJurgen Melzer7-5 6-3
2010-07-19HamburgSFclayJurgen Melzer6-4 6-2
2010-02-08RotterdamR16hardJurgen Melzer6-2 6-2
2009-04-12Monte Carlo MastersR64clayAndreas Seppi6-2 6-0
2007-09-10BucharestR32clayAndreas Seppi4-6 7-5 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Seppi A.serving74% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Melzer J.

Melzer J.serving76% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Seppi A.

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
Seppi A.Melzer J.
1st serve in·Slight edge
58%
65%
1st serve points won·Even
71%
68%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
50%
Service points won·Even
62%
62%
Return points won·Even
37%
38%
Break points saved·Even
60%
59%
Aces / match·Clear edge
5.5
4.0
Double faults / match·Even
2.8
2.8

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Seppi A.Melzer J.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
53
44
Break points saved·Slight edge
94
86
Break points won·Clear edge
45
27
Deciding sets·Even
63
65
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
32
27

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

Draw

Final
Ferrero J.
Starace P.
6-46-4
Semi-finals
Starace P.
Chela J.
6-746-36-2
Ferrero J.
Seppi A.
6-46-2
Quarter-finals
Ferrero J.
Dolgopolov A.
6-16-2
Seppi A.
Melzer J.
6-16-4
Chela J.
Davydenko N.
6-26-1
Starace P.
Ljubicic I.
6-47-66
R16
Starace P.
Phau B.
6-46-0
Melzer J.
Hajek J.
6-16-0
Davydenko N.
Robert S.
6-16-2
Chela J.
Bolelli S.
7-656-746-1
Ljubicic I.
Dodig I.
4-66-46-2
Dolgopolov A.
Skugor F.
7-616-3
Ferrero J.
Cuevas P.
4-66-46-4
Seppi A.
Rochus O.
6-46-2
R32
Hajek J.
Melzer G.
6-46-3
Seppi A.
Gonzalez M.
6-33-66-1
Rochus O.
Petzschner P.
6-26-3
Cuevas P.
Vagnozzi S.
6-46-1
Skugor F.
Volandri F.
6-26-1
Dolgopolov A.
Lorenzi P.
6-36-767-63
Starace P.
Stakhovsky S.
6-36-756-0
Phau B.
Fognini F.
6-16-4
Dodig I.
Navarro I.
6-36-4
Chela J.
Ramirez Hidalgo R.
6-46-1
Bolelli S.
Veic A.
7-636-3
Robert S.
Patience O.
6-36-2