Fernando Verdasco vs Nikolay Davydenko — Washington Round of 16

Washington · ATP · Round of 16
ESP
Fernando Verdasco
42 yrs · 188 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Sunday, 31 July 2011
hard
RUS
Nikolay Davydenko
45 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Verdasco F.
6-4 7-5
Davydenko N.
Verdasco F.
672
Davydenko N.
45–

Fernando Verdasco defeated Nikolay Davydenko 6-4 7-5 in the Washington round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Nikolay Davydenko came in leading the head-to-head 7–1. Fernando Verdasco narrowed the head-to-head to 7–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–7
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2010-01-18Australian OpenR16hardNikolay Davydenko6-2 7-5 4-6 6-7(5) 6-3
2009-09-28Kuala LumpurFhardNikolay Davydenko6-4 7-5
2009-05-25Roland GarrosR16clayNikolay Davydenko6-2 6-2 6-4
2006-05-08Rome MastersR32clayNikolay Davydenko6-1 3-6 6-0
2005-05-02Rome MastersR64clayFernando Verdasco6-3 7-5
2005-02-14RotterdamR32hardNikolay Davydenko7-5 2-6 6-4
2004-11-01Paris MastersR64hardNikolay Davydenko6-2 6-3
2004-08-23Long IslandR16hardNikolay Davydenko7-6(4) 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Verdasco F.serving76% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Davydenko N.

Davydenko N.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Verdasco F.

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
Verdasco F.Davydenko N.
1st serve in·Slight edge
64%
69%
1st serve points won·Even
69%
66%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
49%
Service points won·Even
62%
61%
Return points won·Even
37%
40%
Break points saved·Even
62%
61%
Aces / match·Dominant
5.3
2.3
Double faults / match·Even
3.4
3.1

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 156). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Verdasco F.Davydenko N.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
57
72
Break points saved·Slight edge
96
91
Break points won·Dominant
40
74
Deciding sets·Slight edge
65
70
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
54
72

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
34°CMainly clear
Wind 3 km/hHumidity 33%

Draw

Final
Stepanek R.
Monfils G.
6-46-4
Semi-finals
Monfils G.
Isner J.
6-43-67-66
Stepanek R.
Young D.
6-36-3
Quarter-finals
Young D.
Baghdatis M.
6-37-64
Stepanek R.
Verdasco F.
6-46-4
Monfils G.
Tipsarevic J.
6-46-4
Isner J.
Troicki V.
7-653-66-1
R16
Isner J.
Blake J.
7-601-67-64
Baghdatis M.
Bellucci T.
3-66-36-2
Young D.
Russell M.
6-36-3
Verdasco F.
Davydenko N.
6-47-5
Stepanek R.
Nieminen J.
6-43-66-2
Monfils G.
Tursunov D.
6-27-69
Tipsarevic J.
Dimitrov G.
6-46-2
Troicki V.
Anderson K.
6-36-3
R32
Troicki V.
Harrison R.
7-56-2
Anderson K.
Guccione C.
3-66-27-60
Russell M.
Malisse X.
7-642-3
Young D.
Melzer J.
6-766-43-1
Dimitrov G.
Llodra M.
4-3
Bellucci T.
Haas T.
7-633-66-3
Baghdatis M.
Devvarman S.
6-20-67-5
Isner J.
Kamke T.
6-16-3
Blake J.
Nalbandian D.
6-26-4
Stepanek R.
Odesnik W.
6-16-1
Nieminen J.
Kunitsyn I.
7-56-4
Davydenko N.
Ebden M.
6-37-5
Verdasco F.
Matosevic M.
6-46-4
Monfils G.
Sweeting R.
6-37-63
Tursunov D.
Cipolla F.
6-16-4
Tipsarevic J.
Berrer M.
6-36-4
R64
Dimitrov G.
Smyczek T.
4-67-637-63
Ebden M.
Ram R.
6-13-2
Cipolla F.
Ilhan M.
7-56-0
Young D.
Sitak A.
6-06-3
Guccione C.
Falla A.
7-636-3
Kamke T.
Kudla D.
6-46-2
Blake J.
Ito T.
6-36-3
Devvarman S.
Gremelmayr D.
6-26-3
Haas T.
Delic A.
6-26-3
Russell M.
Karlovic I.
6-47-64
Sweeting R.
Bogomolov Jr A.
6-26-4
Matosevic M.
Berankis R.
7-633-66-1
Kunitsyn I.
Muller G.
6-43-67-65
Stepanek R.
Petzschner P.
6-726-46-0
Berrer M.
Lorenzi P.
7-56-1
Harrison R.
Zverev M.
6-41-66-1