Yen Hsun Lu vs Potito Starace — St. Petersburg Round of 32

St. Petersburg · ATP · Round of 32
TPE
Yen Hsun Lu
42 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 25 October 2010
carpet
ITA
Potito Starace
45 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Lu Y.
6-2 6-2
Starace P.
Lu Y.
662
Starace P.
22–

Yen Hsun Lu defeated Potito Starace 6-2 6-2 in the St. Petersburg round of 32 on carpet. The upset overturned the form book — Potito Starace came in defending last year's round of 32.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Lu Y.serving88% hold

wins 68% of points on serve vs Starace P.

Starace P.serving82% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Lu Y.

Serve advantage — Lu Y.

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
Lu Y.Starace P.
1st serve in·Slight edge
61%
72%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
74%
67%
2nd serve points won·Even
53%
52%
Service points won·Even
66%
63%
Return points won·Even
38%
37%
Break points saved·Even
61%
63%
Aces / match·Clear edge
5.2
2.7
Double faults / match·Dominant
2.7
1.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 191). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Lu Y.Starace P.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
34
43
Break points saved·Even
88
86
Break points won·Slight edge
29
38
Deciding sets·Slight edge
33
42
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
32
46

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