Michael Russell vs Mardy Fish — Houston Round of 16

Houston · ATP · Round of 16
USA
Michael Russell
48 yrs · 173 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 9 April 2012
clay
USA
Mardy Fish
44 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Russell M.
6-3 6-1
Fish M.
Russell M.
662
Fish M.
31–

Michael Russell defeated Mardy Fish 6-3 6-1 in the Houston round of 16 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Mardy Fish came in leading the head-to-head 2–1, defending last year's quarter-final. Michael Russell narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2013-07-22AtlantaR32hardMichael Russell4-6 6-2 7-5
2010-07-05NewportR32grassMardy Fish6-1 6-2
2010-05-09Madrid MastersR64clayMardy Fish6-2 7-6(1)

Serve vs return

This season
Russell M.serving68% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Fish M.

Fish M.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Russell M.

Serve advantage — Fish M.

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
Russell M.Fish M.
1st serve in·Clear edge
64%
52%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
66%
77%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
52%
Service points won·Slight edge
60%
65%
Return points won·Even
38%
39%
Break points saved·Slight edge
55%
62%
Aces / match·Dominant
2.5
8.9
Double faults / match·Even
3.0
2.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (102 vs 45). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Russell M.Fish M.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
34
65
Break points saved·Dominant
63
89
Break points won·Dominant
31
56
Deciding sets·Clear edge
54
72
Tiebreaks·Dominant
36
63

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
Monaco J.
Isner J.
6-23-66-3
Semi-finals
Monaco J.
Russell M.
5-76-16-4
Isner J.
Lopez F.
6-757-646-3
Quarter-finals
Monaco J.
Anderson K.
7-647-5
Russell M.
Harrison R.
6-15-76-3
Isner J.
Sweeting R.
7-617-64
Lopez F.
Berlocq C.
6-42-2
R16
Harrison R.
Kunitsyn I.
6-26-4
Berlocq C.
Phau B.
6-16-0
Anderson K.
Querrey S.
7-633-67-62
Monaco J.
Ito T.
6-36-3
Russell M.
Fish M.
6-36-1
Isner J.
Zeballos H.
6-736-46-2
Sweeting R.
Reynolds B.
6-36-2
Lopez F.
Lorenzi P.
6-47-64
R32
Phau B.
Junqueira D.
6-13-0
Kunitsyn I.
Malisse X.
6-46-2
Russell M.
Gimeno Traver D.
2-67-56-1
Zeballos H.
Ungur A.
6-36-3
Sweeting R.
Mello R.
6-37-66
Reynolds B.
Karlovic I.
7-652-66-3
Lorenzi P.
Odesnik W.
6-736-26-3
Berlocq C.
Blake J.
6-42-66-1
Anderson K.
Souza J.
6-36-4
Querrey S.
Prodon E.
6-16-4
Ito T.
Soeda G.
6-47-5
Harrison R.
Bogomolov Jr A.
4-66-36-4