Potito Starace vs Daniel Brands — Casablanca Round of 32

Casablanca · ATP · Round of 32
ITA
Potito Starace
45 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLLLWWW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 4 April 2011
clay
GER
Daniel Brands
38 yrs · 196 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWWWLLWW
Starace P.
7-5 6-2
Brands D.
Starace P.
762
Brands D.
52–

Potito Starace defeated Daniel Brands 7-5 6-2 in the Casablanca round of 32 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Daniel Brands came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Potito Starace claimed a first win over Daniel Brands in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2009-05-03MunichQFclayDaniel Brands6-4 1-1 RET

Serve vs return

This season
Starace P.serving84% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Brands D.

Brands D.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Starace P.

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
Starace P.Brands D.
1st serve in·Slight edge
71%
66%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
67%
73%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
51%
Service points won·Even
63%
66%
Return points won·Even
36%
34%
Break points saved·Even
63%
64%
Aces / match·Dominant
2.7
8.1
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.2
2.9

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Starace P.Brands D.
Clutch Rating·Even
43
46
Break points saved·Even
86
90
Break points won·Dominant
38
7
Deciding sets·Dominant
42
72
Tiebreaks·Even
46
49

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Andujar P.
Starace P.
6-16-2
Semi-finals
Andujar P.
Montanes A.
6-46-4
Starace P.
Hanescu V.
6-16-737-62
Quarter-finals
Hanescu V.
Kuznetsov A.
6-717-56-2
Starace P.
Simon G.
6-43-66-4
Montanes A.
Fognini F.
7-616-1
Andujar P.
Riba P.
6-26-2
R16
Simon G.
Gil F.
6-36-4
Kuznetsov A.
Baghdatis M.
6-44-66-4
Hanescu V.
Berrer M.
6-47-64
Starace P.
Ramirez Hidalgo R.
6-46-3
Andujar P.
Chardy J.
7-666-1
Riba P.
Golubev A.
0-66-17-5
Fognini F.
Kavcic B.
1-67-57-5
Montanes A.
Volandri F.
6-16-4
R32
Kavcic B.
El Amrani R.
3-4
Volandri F.
Benneteau J.
7-56-3
Chardy J.
Phau B.
6-27-5
Starace P.
Brands D.
7-56-2
Ramirez Hidalgo R.
Machado R.
7-56-1
Gil F.
Bolelli S.
6-36-1
Hanescu V.
Gimeno Traver D.
4-66-46-4
Berrer M.
Devilder N.
6-36-3
Kuznetsov A.
Gutierrez Ferrol S.
6-17-65
Fognini F.
Granollers G.
6-24-66-3
Andujar P.
Serra F.
6-13-66-2
Riba P.
Huta Galung J.
6-36-3