Xavier Malisse vs John Isner — Washington Round of 16

Washington · ATP · Round of 16
BEL
Xavier Malisse
45 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLLWWW
2 — 1
Sets
Sunday, 1 August 2010
hard
USA
John Isner
41 yrs · 208 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLWLLWWW
Malisse X.
6-4 3-6 7-6
Isner J.
Malisse X.
63772
Isner J.
46651

Xavier Malisse defeated John Isner 6-4 3-6 7-6 in the Washington round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — John Isner came in leading the head-to-head 3–1, defending last year's semi-final. Xavier Malisse narrowed the head-to-head to 3–2.

Key context

  • Match story: Xavier Malisse closed it out in three sets, 6–4 3–6 7–6.

Head to head

1–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2013-02-11San JoseQFhardJohn Isner7-6(8) 6-2
2012-08-27US OpenR128hardJohn Isner6-3 7-6(5) 5-7 7-6(9)
2012-05-20NiceR16clayJohn Isner7-6(3) 7-6(5)
2010-04-05HoustonR16clayXavier Malisse7-6(3) 6-7(7) 7-6(3)

Serve vs return

This season
Malisse X.serving94% hold

wins 74% of points on serve vs Isner J.

Isner J.serving95% hold

wins 75% of points on serve vs Malisse X.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

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
Malisse X.Isner J.
1st serve in·Clear edge
57%
70%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
73%
80%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
51%
56%
Service points won·Slight edge
64%
73%
Return points won·Slight edge
37%
29%
Break points saved·Slight edge
60%
70%
Aces / match·Dominant
6.8
21.7
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.0
2.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (168 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Malisse X.Isner J.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
52
64
Break points saved·Clear edge
85
99
Break points won·Dominant
52
0
Deciding sets·Dominant
53
91
Tiebreaks·Dominant
56
98

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

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Weather
26°CPartly cloudy
Wind 8 km/hHumidity 55%

Draw

Final
Nalbandian D.
Baghdatis M.
6-27-64
Semi-finals
Baghdatis M.
Malisse X.
6-27-64
Nalbandian D.
Cilic M.
6-26-2
Quarter-finals
Cilic M.
Tipsarevic J.
7-646-4
Nalbandian D.
Simon G.
3-66-26-3
Baghdatis M.
Verdasco F.
7-636-4
Malisse X.
Berdych T.
6-43-66-2
R16
Nalbandian D.
Chiudinelli M.
6-16-0
Verdasco F.
Sweeting R.
6-47-5
Simon G.
Roddick A.
6-36-3
Cilic M.
Fish M.
6-44-66-2
Baghdatis M.
Marchenko I.
6-36-756-3
Tipsarevic J.
Falla A.
6-36-4
Berdych T.
Golubev A.
6-35-77-5
Malisse X.
Isner J.
6-43-67-65
R32
Isner J.
De Bakker T.
7-667-68
Marchenko I.
Gulbis E.
6-11-0
Golubev A.
Vliegen K.
6-27-67
Baghdatis M.
Zeballos H.
7-637-65
Falla A.
Hewitt L.
7-53-2
Tipsarevic J.
Querrey S.
7-636-3
Berdych T.
Tursunov D.
7-624-66-1
Malisse X.
Benneteau J.
7-56-4
Verdasco F.
Berrer M.
4-67-57-66
Roddick A.
Zemlja G.
6-46-4
Sweeting R.
Llodra M.
6-46-2
Fish M.
Troicki V.
6-46-3
Cilic M.
Istomin D.
6-46-2
Nalbandian D.
Wawrinka S.
6-16-3
Chiudinelli M.
Stepanek R.
6-16-3
Simon G.
Kunitsyn I.
6-16-2
R64
Vliegen K.
Gasquet R.
6-3
De Bakker T.
Lacko L.
5-76-36-3
Chiudinelli M.
Dabul B.
7-636-2
Falla A.
Lu Y.
7-56-1
Tipsarevic J.
Clement A.
6-46-0
Zeballos H.
Przysiezny M.
3-67-656-4
Marchenko I.
Schuettler R.
6-43-66-4
Sweeting R.
Blake J.
3-66-36-4
Berrer M.
Beck K.
6-36-4
Tursunov D.
Gabashvili T.
5-77-56-4
Malisse X.
Giraldo S.
4-66-36-4
Zemlja G.
Becker B.
6-26-3
Kunitsyn I.
Nishikori K.
6-26-3
Nalbandian D.
Ram R.
6-46-0
Istomin D.
Mayer L.
6-45-77-65
Troicki V.
Kim K.
6-16-2