Jurgen Melzer vs Andreas Seppi — Marseille Round of 16

Marseille · ATP · Round of 16
AUT
Jurgen Melzer
45 yrs · 183 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 14 February 2011
hard
ITA
Andreas Seppi
42 yrs · 190 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Melzer J.
7-5 6-3
Seppi A.
Melzer J.
762
Seppi A.
53–

Jurgen Melzer defeated Andreas Seppi 7-5 6-3 in the Marseille round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Andreas Seppi came in defending last year's round of 16, but Jurgen Melzer had been the form player, winning 1 of their last 4 on hard. Jurgen Melzer extended the head-to-head to 4–3.

Key context

  • Match story: Jurgen Melzer closed it out in two sets, 7–5 6–3.

Head to head

3–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2012-01-30ZagrebR16hardJurgen Melzer6-2 6-3
2010-07-26UmagQFclayAndreas Seppi6-1 6-4
2010-07-19HamburgSFclayJurgen Melzer6-4 6-2
2010-02-08RotterdamR16hardJurgen Melzer6-2 6-2
2009-04-12Monte Carlo MastersR64clayAndreas Seppi6-2 6-0
2007-09-10BucharestR32clayAndreas Seppi4-6 7-5 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Melzer J.serving82% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Seppi A.

Seppi A.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Melzer J.

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
Melzer J.Seppi A.
1st serve in·Slight edge
65%
58%
1st serve points won·Even
68%
71%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
49%
Service points won·Even
62%
62%
Return points won·Even
38%
37%
Break points saved·Even
59%
60%
Aces / match·Clear edge
4.0
5.5
Double faults / match·Even
2.8
2.8

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Melzer J.Seppi A.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
44
53
Break points saved·Slight edge
86
94
Break points won·Clear edge
27
45
Deciding sets·Even
65
63
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
27
32

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
12°CRain
Wind 21 km/hHumidity 94%

Draw

Final
Soderling R.
Cilic M.
6-786-36-3
Semi-finals
Cilic M.
Youzhny M.
6-21-67-5
Soderling R.
Tursunov D.
7-56-1
Quarter-finals
Soderling R.
Llodra M.
6-16-4
Tursunov D.
Melzer J.
6-42-66-1
Youzhny M.
Tsonga J.
6-42-66-4
Cilic M.
Berdych T.
6-36-4
R16
Soderling R.
Mahut N.
7-687-65
Tursunov D.
Ljubicic I.
7-646-3
Youzhny M.
Simon G.
3-66-36-3
Berdych T.
Roger-Vasselin E.
6-36-4
Llodra M.
Kamke T.
6-36-4
Melzer J.
Seppi A.
7-56-3
Tsonga J.
Stakhovsky S.
5-76-46-2
Cilic M.
Petzschner P.
7-636-3
R32
Petzschner P.
Gulbis E.
7-626-1
Stakhovsky S.
Marchenko I.
6-46-3
Ljubicic I.
Golubev A.
6-26-4
Kamke T.
Schoorel T.
6-06-2
Mahut N.
Kumantsov A.
6-26-0
Roger-Vasselin E.
Clement A.
6-36-2
Cilic M.
Bohli S.
6-766-36-2
Seppi A.
Haase R.
5-76-47-62
Tursunov D.
Dimitrov G.
6-767-57-64
Llodra M.
Benneteau J.
6-44-66-3
Simon G.
Davydenko N.
7-666-4
Tsonga J.
Paire B.
6-16-2