Pablo Cuevas vs Ricardo Mello — Houston Round of 32

Houston · ATP · Round of 32
URU
Pablo Cuevas
40 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 4 April 2011
clay
BRA
Ricardo Mello
45 yrs · 175 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Cuevas P.
6-2 6-0
Mello R.
Cuevas P.
662
Mello R.
20–

Pablo Cuevas defeated Ricardo Mello 6-2 6-0 in the Houston round of 32 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Ricardo Mello came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Pablo Cuevas claimed a first win over Ricardo Mello in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2010-02-01SantiagoR32clayRicardo Mello7-6(5) 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Cuevas P.serving82% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Mello R.

Mello R.serving72% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Cuevas P.

Serve advantage — Cuevas P.

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
Cuevas P.Mello R.
1st serve in·Even
61%
63%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
71%
65%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
53%
Service points won·Even
64%
61%
Return points won·Even
38%
36%
Break points saved·Even
60%
58%
Aces / match·Clear edge
4.9
2.3
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.8
2.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 30). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Cuevas P.Mello R.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
58
39
Break points saved·Dominant
93
68
Break points won·Slight edge
32
43
Deciding sets·Dominant
82
46
Tiebreaks·Even
44
47

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
Sweeting R.
Nishikori K.
6-47-63
Semi-finals
Sweeting R.
Karlovic I.
7-636-3
Nishikori K.
Cuevas P.
6-37-5
Quarter-finals
Karlovic I.
Isner J.
7-626-727-69
Cuevas P.
Garcia Lopez G.
1-67-646-3
Nishikori K.
Fish M.
6-36-2
Sweeting R.
Gabashvili T.
3-66-36-1
R16
Nishikori K.
Andreev I.
6-36-3
Fish M.
Ramos A.
6-36-4
Garcia Lopez G.
Devvarman S.
6-46-1
Cuevas P.
Blake J.
7-56-1
Gabashvili T.
Dimitrov G.
7-646-3
Karlovic I.
Kunitsyn I.
6-46-1
Isner J.
Zeballos H.
7-56-3
Sweeting R.
Querrey S.
3-67-656-3
R32
Dimitrov G.
Schuettler R.
6-06-2
Zeballos H.
Harrison R.
6-46-3
Ramos A.
Dabul B.
6-47-5
Gabashvili T.
Capdeville P.
6-47-64
Karlovic I.
Becker B.
7-656-4
Kunitsyn I.
Zverev M.
7-616-2
Nishikori K.
Skugor F.
6-36-2
Devvarman S.
Kendrick R.
6-26-1
Blake J.
Berlocq C.
6-736-36-4
Sweeting R.
Smyczek T.
6-26-2
Andreev I.
Russell M.
6-26-3
Cuevas P.
Mello R.
6-26-0