Benjamin Becker vs Paul Henri Mathieu — St. Petersburg Round of 16

St. Petersburg · ATP · Round of 16
GER
Benjamin Becker
45 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLLLLLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 25 October 2010
carpet
FRA
Paul Henri Mathieu
44 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLLLWWL
Becker B.
6-4 6-2
Mathieu P.
Becker B.
662
Mathieu P.
42–

Benjamin Becker defeated Paul Henri Mathieu 6-4 6-2 in the St. Petersburg round of 16 on carpet. The upset overturned the form book — Paul Henri Mathieu came in leading the head-to-head 2–0. Benjamin Becker claimed a first win over Paul Henri Mathieu in three meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2014-09-15MetzR32hardPaul Henri Mathieu7-6(2) 7-6(3)
2010-03-11Indian Wells MastersR128hardPaul Henri Mathieu6-3 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Becker B.serving82% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Mathieu P.

Mathieu P.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Becker B.

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
Becker B.Mathieu P.
1st serve in·Even
60%
56%
1st serve points won·Even
73%
71%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
51%
Service points won·Even
63%
62%
Return points won·Even
36%
38%
Break points saved·Even
58%
61%
Aces / match·Clear edge
6.4
4.4
Double faults / match·Even
3.0
3.3

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Becker B.Mathieu P.
Clutch Rating·Even
42
44
Break points saved·Slight edge
81
88
Break points won·Even
29
31
Deciding sets·Slight edge
60
55
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
29
37

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

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Kukushkin M.
Youzhny M.
6-37-62
Semi-finals
Youzhny M.
Tursunov D.
7-54-67-68
Kukushkin M.
Marchenko I.
6-36-4
Quarter-finals
Marchenko I.
Becker B.
6-42-66-2
Kukushkin M.
Tipsarevic J.
7-53-66-4
Tursunov D.
Dolgopolov A.
6-46-2
Youzhny M.
Hanescu V.
6-756-37-66
R16
Dolgopolov A.
Schuettler R.
6-46-2
Kukushkin M.
Gabashvili T.
6-36-4
Tursunov D.
Lu Y.
6-16-4
Hanescu V.
Ram R.
7-613-66-3
Youzhny M.
Donskoy E.
3-66-36-2
Becker B.
Mathieu P.
6-46-2
Marchenko I.
Kravchuk K.
6-46-4
Tipsarevic J.
Russell M.
6-27-5
R32
Becker B.
Stakhovsky S.
6-45-76-4
Marchenko I.
Istomin D.
6-22-2
Tipsarevic J.
Kunitsyn I.
6-46-2
Gabashvili T.
Volandri F.
3-66-36-2
Russell M.
Andreev I.
6-17-5
Kukushkin M.
Chardy J.
6-736-16-0
Schuettler R.
Troicki V.
6-34-66-3
Dolgopolov A.
Fognini F.
7-656-4
Donskoy E.
Kuznetsov A.
7-57-62
Youzhny M.
Brands D.
6-46-1
Mathieu P.
Gonzalez M.
6-46-3
Kravchuk K.
Cermak F.
6-26-3
Tursunov D.
Przysiezny M.
3-66-36-2
Lu Y.
Starace P.
6-26-2
Hanescu V.
Zeballos H.
6-26-0
Ram R.
Andujar P.
6-36-756-3