Gilles Simon vs Fernando Verdasco — Valencia Round of 16

Valencia · ATP · Round of 16
FRA
Gilles Simon
41 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Sunday, 31 October 2010
hard
ESP
Fernando Verdasco
42 yrs · 188 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Gilles Simon defeated Fernando Verdasco 6-1 6-3 in the Valencia round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Fernando Verdasco came in leading the head-to-head 3–1, defending last year's semi-final, but Gilles Simon had been the form player, winning 4 of their last 6 on hard. Gilles Simon narrowed the head-to-head to 3–2.

Key context

Simon G.
662
Verdasco F.
13–

Head to head

1–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2014-10-27Paris MastersR32hardFernando Verdasco6-3 3-6 6-4
2008-06-16NottinghamQFgrassFernando Verdasco6-3 2-6 6-3
2007-08-27US OpenR64hardFernando Verdasco6-0 6-4 6-3
2006-04-10ValenciaSFhardGilles Simon6-2 7-6(5)

Statistics

Recent form
Simon G.Verdasco F.
60%1st serve in+3%63%
67%1st serve points won+3%64%
48%2nd serve points won+1%47%
59%Service points won+1%58%
39%Return points won+4%35%
55%Break points saved55%
2.9Aces / match+0.63.5
2.3Double faults / match+0.83.1

Averages from each player's recent completed matches (20 vs 20). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Draw

Final
Ferrer D.
Granollers M.
7-56-3
Semi-finals
Granollers M.
Simon G.
6-46-4
Ferrer D.
Soderling R.
6-33-66-3
Quarter-finals
Granollers M.
Monaco J.
1-66-36-4
Simon G.
Davydenko N.
6-46-756-3
Ferrer D.
Starace P.
7-56-4
Soderling R.
Monfils G.
6-36-2
R16
Monaco J.
Murray A.
6-23-66-2
Granollers M.
Andujar P.
6-26-2
Simon G.
Verdasco F.
6-16-3
Davydenko N.
Chela J.
7-606-2
Starace P.
Cuevas P.
7-622-66-2
Ferrer D.
Gabashvili T.
6-46-1
Monfils G.
Wawrinka S.
6-26-4
Soderling R.
Gimeno Traver D.
6-26-3
R32
Murray A.
Lopez F.
6-37-61
Monaco J.
Bautista Agut R.
6-07-67
Andujar P.
Tursunov D.
6-43-61-1
Granollers M.
Paire B.
6-26-4
Verdasco F.
Russell M.
6-46-1
Simon G.
Stakhovsky S.
6-36-3
Chela J.
Kohlschreiber P.
6-23-66-2
Davydenko N.
Marti J.
6-26-2
Cuevas P.
Ramos A.
6-36-4
Starace P.
Hanescu V.
4-66-46-2
Gabashvili T.
Clement A.
6-46-2
Ferrer D.
Garcia Lopez G.
6-736-36-3
Monfils G.
Schwank E.
6-36-3
Wawrinka S.
Seppi A.
7-627-5
Gimeno Traver D.
Almagro N.
6-43-66-3
Soderling R.
Montanes A.
6-16-4