John Isner vs Feliciano Lopez — Houston Semi-final

Houston · ATP · Semi-final
USA
John Isner
41 yrs · 208 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLWLLWWW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 9 April 2012
clay
ESP
Feliciano Lopez
44 yrs · 188 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLLLLLW
Isner J.
6-7 7-6 6-3
Lopez F.
Isner J.
657762
Lopez F.
776431

John Isner defeated Feliciano Lopez 6-7 7-6 6-3 in the Houston semi-final on clay. The result followed the form book — John Isner came in leading the head-to-head 4–3, defending last year's quarter-final. John Isner extended the head-to-head to 5–3.

Key context

Head to head

4–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2016-10-24ViennaR16hardJohn Isner7-6(1) 3-6 7-6(2)
2016-01-18Australian OpenR32hardJohn Isner6-7(8) 7-6(5) 6-2 6-4
2015-06-15Queen's ClubR16grassJohn Isner7-6(5) 6-7(9) 7-6(4)
2014-10-05Shanghai MastersR16hardFeliciano Lopez6-3 6-4
2014-06-23WimbledonR32grassFeliciano Lopez6-7(8) 7-6(6) 7-6(3) 7-5
2012-01-16Australian OpenR32hardFeliciano Lopez6-3 6-7(3) 6-4 6-7(0) 6-1
2011-11-07Paris MastersR16hardJohn Isner6-4 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Isner J.serving96% hold

wins 77% of points on serve vs Lopez F.

Lopez F.serving94% hold

wins 73% of points on serve vs Isner J.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

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
Isner J.Lopez F.
1st serve in·Clear edge
70%
57%
1st serve points won·Even
80%
78%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
56%
49%
Service points won·Slight edge
73%
66%
Return points won·Even
29%
32%
Break points saved·Slight edge
70%
65%
Aces / match·Dominant
21.7
11.7
Double faults / match·Dominant
2.5
4.2

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Isner J.Lopez F.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
64
51
Break points saved·Even
99
98
Break points won·Even
0
2
Deciding sets·Dominant
91
65
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
98
79

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