Gilles Muller vs Benoit Paire — Metz Round of 16

Metz · ATP · Round of 16
LUX
Gilles Muller
43 yrs · 193 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLWLWLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 19 September 2011
hard
FRA
Benoit Paire
#1096ATP
1362ELO
1336Hard ELO
37 yrs · 196 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLW
Muller G.
7-6 6-4
Paire B.
Muller G.
7762
Paire B.
654–

Gilles Muller defeated Benoit Paire 7-6 6-4 in the Metz round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Benoit Paire came in leading the head-to-head 3–0, but Gilles Muller had been the form player, winning 1 of their last 4 on hard. Gilles Muller claimed a first win over Benoit Paire in four meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2018-01-08SydneyQFhardBenoit Paire6-4 6-4
2016-07-18WashingtonR16hardBenoit Paire6-2 3-6 7-6(4)
2015-08-16Cincinnati MastersR64hardBenoit Paire7-6(5) 7-6(6)

Serve vs return

This season
Muller G.serving90% hold

wins 70% of points on serve vs Paire B.

Paire B.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Muller G.

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
Muller G.Paire B.
1st serve in·Slight edge
61%
52%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
80%
74%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
51%
43%
Service points won·Slight edge
69%
59%
Return points won·Slight edge
32%
38%
Break points saved·Clear edge
69%
57%
Aces / match·Dominant
14.4
6.9
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.9
6.2

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Muller G.Paire B.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
57
48
Break points saved·Slight edge
97
90
Break points won·Dominant
4
31
Deciding sets·Clear edge
76
53
Tiebreaks·Dominant
87
58

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
Tsonga J.
Ljubicic I.
6-36-746-3
Semi-finals
Ljubicic I.
Muller G.
7-637-65
Tsonga J.
Dolgopolov A.
6-46-4
Quarter-finals
Dolgopolov A.
Malisse X.
6-31-0
Ljubicic I.
Sijsling I.
6-46-3
Muller G.
Gasquet R.
6-36-4
Tsonga J.
Mahut N.
4-66-37-5
R16
Tsonga J.
Rodrigues M.
6-36-4
Mahut N.
Clement A.
3-67-56-3
Sijsling I.
Kohlschreiber P.
6-47-5
Ljubicic I.
Renavand N.
7-57-5
Muller G.
Paire B.
7-656-4
Gasquet R.
Rochus O.
6-26-1
Malisse X.
Kunitsyn I.
6-46-2
Dolgopolov A.
Baghdatis M.
6-757-56-3
R32
Muller G.
Petzschner P.
7-627-65
Clement A.
Llodra M.
6-36-4
Kunitsyn I.
De Schepper K.
7-55-76-4
Rochus O.
Robert S.
6-16-3
Paire B.
Golubev A.
7-56-2
Renavand N.
Kamke T.
7-56-4
Sijsling I.
Dimitrov G.
6-26-2
Kohlschreiber P.
Dasnieres De Veigy J.
6-47-64
Malisse X.
Berrer M.
6-43-66-4
Baghdatis M.
Bachinger M.
7-56-2
Mahut N.
Junqueira D.
6-36-2
Rodrigues M.
Kukushkin M.
6-23-66-4