Alejandro Falla vs Potito Starace — Auckland Round of 16

Auckland · ATP · Round of 16
COL
Alejandro Falla
42 yrs · 185 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 9 January 2012
hard
ITA
Potito Starace
45 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Falla A.
7-6 6-3
Starace P.
Falla A.
7762
Starace P.
633–

Alejandro Falla defeated Potito Starace 7-6 6-3 in the Auckland round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Alejandro Falla came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Alejandro Falla extended the head-to-head to 2–0.

Key context

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2011-05-22Roland GarrosR128clayAlejandro Falla7-6(2) 6-1 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Falla A.serving76% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Starace P.

Starace P.serving78% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Falla A.

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
Falla A.Starace P.
1st serve in·Clear edge
58%
72%
1st serve points won·Even
67%
68%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
52%
Service points won·Even
59%
63%
Return points won·Even
40%
37%
Break points saved·Slight edge
58%
65%
Aces / match·Even
2.9
2.7
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.2
1.1

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 95). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Falla A.Starace P.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
32
43
Break points saved·Clear edge
73
86
Break points won·Even
39
38
Deciding sets·Clear edge
22
42
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
55
47

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
21°CDrizzle
Wind 30 km/hHumidity 76%

Draw

Final
Ferrer D.
Rochus O.
6-36-4
Semi-finals
Rochus O.
Kohlschreiber P.
6-746-16-4
Ferrer D.
Verdasco F.
6-36-4
Quarter-finals
Rochus O.
Paire B.
6-36-757-64
Kohlschreiber P.
Almagro N.
7-656-4
Verdasco F.
Garcia Lopez G.
7-56-4
Ferrer D.
Falla A.
6-44-66-3
R16
Kohlschreiber P.
Harrison R.
4-66-46-3
Garcia Lopez G.
Mannarino A.
6-26-3
Almagro N.
Giraldo S.
6-46-2
Falla A.
Starace P.
7-636-3
Verdasco F.
Berlocq C.
7-57-63
Rochus O.
Bellucci T.
7-665-77-65
Paire B.
Chela J.
5-76-26-2
Ferrer D.
Rosol L.
6-46-2
R32
Berlocq C.
Volandri F.
6-5
Starace P.
Montanes A.
6-36-2
Bellucci T.
Machado R.
6-37-63
Falla A.
Young D.
4-66-36-3
Rosol L.
Ramos A.
6-26-4
Giraldo S.
Venus M.
6-46-3
Harrison R.
Querrey S.
6-46-3
Kohlschreiber P.
Bohli S.
6-44-66-4
Paire B.
Ferrero J.
6-36-2
Rochus O.
Kamke T.
7-56-4
Mannarino A.
Anderson K.
6-36-3
Garcia Lopez G.
Kunitsyn I.
2-66-46-2