Juan Monaco vs Michael Russell — Houston Semi-final

Houston · ATP · Semi-final
ARG
Juan Monaco
42 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 9 April 2012
clay
USA
Michael Russell
48 yrs · 173 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Monaco J.
5-7 6-1 6-4
Russell M.
Monaco J.
5662
Russell M.
7141

Juan Monaco defeated Michael Russell 5-7 6-1 6-4 in the Houston semi-final on clay. The result followed the form book — Juan Monaco came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Juan Monaco extended the head-to-head to 2–0.

Key context

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2007-05-20PoertschachR16clayJuan Monaco6-3 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Monaco J.serving72% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Russell M.

Russell M.serving63% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Monaco J.

Serve advantage — Monaco J.

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
Monaco J.Russell M.
1st serve in·Slight edge
71%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
65%
66%
2nd serve points won·Even
53%
49%
Service points won·Even
61%
60%
Return points won·Even
41%
38%
Break points saved·Even
56%
55%
Aces / match·Even
2.0
2.5
Double faults / match·Clear edge
1.6
3.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 102). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Monaco J.Russell M.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
51
34
Break points saved·Clear edge
82
63
Break points won·Clear edge
55
31
Deciding sets·Slight edge
62
54
Tiebreaks·Even
32
36

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