Mikhail Youzhny vs Julien Benneteau — St. Petersburg Round of 16

St. Petersburg · ATP · Round of 16
RUS
Mikhail Youzhny
44 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLWWLLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 24 October 2011
carpet
FRA
Julien Benneteau
44 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLWWLWL
Youzhny M.
6-4 3-6 6-2
Benneteau J.
Youzhny M.
6362
Benneteau J.
4621

Mikhail Youzhny defeated Julien Benneteau 6-4 3-6 6-2 in the St. Petersburg round of 16 on carpet. The result followed the form book — Mikhail Youzhny came in leading the head-to-head 3–2, defending last year's final. Mikhail Youzhny extended the head-to-head to 4–2.

Key context

  • Match story: Mikhail Youzhny closed it out in three sets, 6–4 3–6 6–2.

Head to head

3–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2012-07-25London OlympicsR64grassJulien Benneteau7-5 6-3
2009-06-14EastbourneR32grassJulien Benneteau4-6 6-4 6-4
2008-02-11MarseilleR16hardMikhail Youzhny7-5 6-3
2007-05-07Rome MastersR64clayMikhail Youzhny6-1 3-6 6-2
2004-10-25St. PetersburgQFcarpetMikhail Youzhny6-0 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Youzhny M.serving82% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Benneteau J.

Benneteau J.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Youzhny M.

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
Youzhny M.Benneteau J.
1st serve in·Even
60%
62%
1st serve points won·Even
69%
73%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
50%
Service points won·Even
62%
64%
Return points won·Even
38%
37%
Break points saved·Even
61%
61%
Aces / match·Dominant
3.6
7.6
Double faults / match·Even
3.2
3.3

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Youzhny M.Benneteau J.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
63
52
Break points saved·Even
93
91
Break points won·Slight edge
41
30
Deciding sets·Clear edge
68
53
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
83
78

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

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Cilic M.
Tipsarevic J.
6-33-66-2
Semi-finals
Cilic M.
Youzhny M.
6-36-4
Tipsarevic J.
Bogomolov Jr A.
6-26-1
Quarter-finals
Tipsarevic J.
Starace P.
6-766-26-1
Bogomolov Jr A.
Lajovic D.
6-26-1
Cilic M.
Seppi A.
4-67-686-4
Youzhny M.
Mannarino A.
6-26-3
R16
Tipsarevic J.
Berrer M.
6-32-0
Cilic M.
Devvarman S.
5-76-16-3
Starace P.
Tursunov D.
6-26-4
Lajovic D.
Sela D.
2-66-26-1
Youzhny M.
Benneteau J.
6-43-66-2
Bogomolov Jr A.
Kohlschreiber P.
6-43-67-5
Seppi A.
Andreev I.
3-66-26-4
Mannarino A.
Rosol L.
6-27-65
R32
Mannarino A.
Simon G.
2-66-46-4
Youzhny M.
Stakhovsky S.
6-37-67
Cilic M.
Bubka S.
6-47-61
Seppi A.
Pospisil V.
7-57-64
Devvarman S.
Beck K.
6-26-3
Bogomolov Jr A.
Kunitsyn I.
6-36-1
Andreev I.
Granollers M.
3-66-47-64
Berrer M.
Kukushkin M.
6-14-66-4
Tipsarevic J.
Rochus O.
6-27-5
Starace P.
Nedelko I.
6-06-1
Tursunov D.
Gabashvili T.
7-56-3
Sela D.
Dolgopolov A.
6-26-2
Lajovic D.
Chardy J.
6-46-4
Kohlschreiber P.
Berlocq C.
6-746-36-1
Rosol L.
Gulbis E.
6-36-4
Benneteau J.
Riba P.
6-26-1