Gilles Simon vs Flavio Cipolla — Montpellier Round of 16

Montpellier · ATP · Round of 16
FRA
Gilles Simon
41 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWWLLWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 30 January 2012
hard
ITA
Flavio Cipolla
42 yrs · 173 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWWWLWLW
Simon G.
6-3 6-2
Cipolla F.
Simon G.
662
Cipolla F.
32–

Gilles Simon defeated Flavio Cipolla 6-3 6-2 in the Montpellier round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Flavio Cipolla came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Gilles Simon claimed a first win over Flavio Cipolla in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2008-04-14EstorilR16clayFlavio Cipolla6-2 5-3 RET

Serve vs return

This season
Simon G.serving70% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Cipolla F.

Cipolla F.serving66% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Simon G.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

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
Simon G.Cipolla F.
1st serve in·Slight edge
61%
72%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
68%
59%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
46%
Service points won·Slight edge
61%
56%
Return points won·Even
39%
42%
Break points saved·Slight edge
59%
54%
Aces / match·Dominant
3.8
0.8
Double faults / match·Even
2.7
3.0

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Simon G.Cipolla F.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
74
18
Break points saved·Dominant
94
33
Break points won·Dominant
68
36
Deciding sets·Dominant
73
38
Tiebreaks·Dominant
82
35

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
6°CClear
Wind 13 km/hHumidity 52%

Draw

Final
Berdych T.
Monfils G.
6-24-66-3
Semi-finals
Berdych T.
Kohlschreiber P.
6-36-4
Monfils G.
Simon G.
4-67-646-4
Quarter-finals
Kohlschreiber P.
Gasquet R.
6-23-66-3
Berdych T.
Mahut N.
6-36-4
Simon G.
Rufin G.
7-656-726-2
Monfils G.
Nieminen J.
6-36-3
R16
Monfils G.
Russell M.
6-36-3
Simon G.
Cipolla F.
6-36-2
Rufin G.
Lopez F.
7-656-3
Nieminen J.
Mathieu P.
7-646-1
Kohlschreiber P.
Roger-Vasselin E.
6-47-5
Gasquet R.
Davydenko N.
6-36-4
Mahut N.
Mayer F.
7-636-3
Berdych T.
Serra F.
6-06-2
R32
Roger-Vasselin E.
Bautista Agut R.
7-56-2
Rufin G.
Pospisil V.
6-47-66
Cipolla F.
Gicquel M.
1-66-47-5
Mathieu P.
Stebe C.
6-46-4
Nieminen J.
Teixeira M.
6-33-66-4
Kohlschreiber P.
Rochus O.
6-16-4
Davydenko N.
Robert S.
6-26-1
Mayer F.
Muller G.
7-636-3
Mahut N.
Ramos A.
6-36-2
Serra F.
Kamke T.
6-36-3
Lopez F.
Kunitsyn I.
6-47-67
Russell M.
Mannarino A.
6-37-5