Florian Mayer vs Potito Starace — Sydney Quarter-final

Sydney · ATP · Quarter-final
GER
Florian Mayer
42 yrs · 190 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 10 January 2011
hard
ITA
Potito Starace
45 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Mayer F.
6-4 6-1
Starace P.
Mayer F.
662
Starace P.
41–

Florian Mayer defeated Potito Starace 6-4 6-1 in the Sydney quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Potito Starace came in defending last year's quarter-final. Florian Mayer extended the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

1–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2007-07-23KitzbuhelR16clayPotito Starace4-6 7-6(0) 6-2
2006-09-11BucharestR32clayFlorian Mayer6-2 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Mayer F.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Starace P.

Starace P.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Mayer F.

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
Mayer F.Starace P.
1st serve in·Slight edge
61%
71%
1st serve points won·Even
69%
67%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
52%
Service points won·Even
62%
63%
Return points won·Even
37%
36%
Break points saved·Even
60%
64%
Aces / match·Clear edge
4.5
2.7
Double faults / match·Slight edge
1.8
1.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 143). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Mayer F.Starace P.
Clutch Rating·Even
43
43
Break points saved·Even
89
86
Break points won·Even
34
38
Deciding sets·Slight edge
50
42
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
32
47

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

Draw

Final
Simon G.
Troicki V.
7-57-64
Semi-finals
Simon G.
Gulbis E.
7-616-0
Troicki V.
Mayer F.
6-47-64
Quarter-finals
Troicki V.
Gasquet R.
6-46-4
Simon G.
Dolgopolov A.
6-46-3
Gulbis E.
Stakhovsky S.
6-46-4
Mayer F.
Starace P.
6-46-1
R16
Starace P.
Kubot L.
7-652-66-3
Gasquet R.
Seppi A.
3-67-56-4
Stakhovsky S.
Garcia Lopez G.
6-36-4
Gulbis E.
Andreev I.
2-66-46-3
Mayer F.
del Potro J.
6-27-5
Simon G.
Gil F.
6-16-3
Troicki V.
Chela J.
6-26-3
Dolgopolov A.
Querrey S.
6-46-3
R32
Gasquet R.
Ebden M.
6-46-3
Gil F.
Nieminen J.
6-2
Stakhovsky S.
Becker B.
7-637-66
del Potro J.
Lopez F.
6-757-697-63
Seppi A.
Istomin D.
6-16-0
Simon G.
Lu Y.
6-06-3
Dolgopolov A.
Tomic B.
6-736-16-2
Andreev I.
Chardy J.
6-26-4
Garcia Lopez G.
Guccione C.
7-657-5
Chela J.
Stepanek R.
4-66-06-3
Mayer F.
Ward J.
7-56-0
Starace P.
Benneteau J.
6-766-36-4