Flavio Cipolla vs Benoit Paire — Casablanca Quarter-final

Casablanca · ATP · Quarter-final
ITA
Flavio Cipolla
42 yrs · 173 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWWWLWLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 9 April 2012
clay
FRA
Benoit Paire
#1096ATP
1362ELO
1385Clay ELO
37 yrs · 196 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLW
Cipolla F.
6-3 6-4
Paire B.
Cipolla F.
662
Paire B.
34–

Flavio Cipolla defeated Benoit Paire 6-3 6-4 in the Casablanca quarter-final on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Benoit Paire came in leading the head-to-head 2–0. Flavio Cipolla claimed a first win over Benoit Paire in three meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2012-12-31ChennaiR32hardBenoit Paire6-3 6-4
2011-01-17Australian OpenR128hardBenoit Paire6-1 7-5 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Cipolla F.serving61% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Paire B.

Paire B.serving59% hold

wins 53% of points on serve vs Cipolla F.

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
Cipolla F.Paire B.
1st serve in·Clear edge
72%
52%
1st serve points won·Clear edge
59%
74%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
43%
Service points won·Even
56%
59%
Return points won·Even
42%
38%
Break points saved·Even
54%
57%
Aces / match·Dominant
0.8
6.9
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.0
6.2

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Cipolla F.Paire B.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
18
48
Break points saved·Dominant
33
90
Break points won·Slight edge
36
31
Deciding sets·Clear edge
38
53
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
35
58

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Andujar P.
Ramos A.
6-17-65
Semi-finals
Ramos A.
Andreev I.
6-37-67
Andujar P.
Cipolla F.
6-37-5
Quarter-finals
Cipolla F.
Paire B.
6-36-4
Andreev I.
Garcia Lopez G.
6-46-2
Ramos A.
Chardy J.
6-36-4
Andujar P.
Gutierrez Ferrol S.
6-41-66-3
R16
Chardy J.
Mayer F.
6-36-1
Paire B.
Bachinger M.
6-736-36-2
Andujar P.
Starace P.
6-36-0
Gutierrez Ferrol S.
Ouahab L.
6-46-1
Garcia Lopez G.
Mathieu P.
6-46-2
Andreev I.
Istomin D.
6-736-36-2
Ramos A.
Hanescu V.
6-26-4
Cipolla F.
Dolgopolov A.
6-46-1
R32
Hanescu V.
Jaziri M.
6-23-0
Andreev I.
Montanes A.
6-36-3
Ramos A.
Riba P.
6-26-3
Chardy J.
Delbonis F.
6-47-5
Ouahab L.
Haase R.
6-36-2
Gutierrez Ferrol S.
Machado R.
6-26-1
Starace P.
Bautista Agut R.
6-47-5
Paire B.
Young D.
4-67-656-2
Bachinger M.
Volandri F.
6-33-66-3
Cipolla F.
Idmbarek Y.
6-12-66-1
Mathieu P.
Ziadi M.
6-36-1
Garcia Lopez G.
Fognini F.
6-43-67-5