Attila Balazs vs Potito Starace — Bucharest Round of 16

Bucharest · ATP · Round of 16
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Attila Balazs
37 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 23 April 2012
clay
ITA
Potito Starace
45 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Balazs A.
6-3 6-4
Starace P.
Balazs A.
662
Starace P.
34–

Attila Balazs defeated Potito Starace 6-3 6-4 in the Bucharest round of 16 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Potito Starace came in defending last year's round of 32.

Key context

  • Match story: Attila Balazs closed it out in two sets, 6–3 6–4.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Balazs A.serving72% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Starace P.

Starace P.serving74% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Balazs A.

Even serve battle

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
Balazs A.Starace P.
1st serve in·Clear edge
59%
72%
1st serve points won·Even
67%
68%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
52%
Service points won·Even
60%
63%
Return points won·Even
39%
37%
Break points saved·Slight edge
59%
65%
Aces / match·Even
2.9
2.7
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.8
1.1

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (165 vs 95). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Balazs A.Starace P.
Clutch Rating·Even
45
43
Break points saved·Even
82
86
Break points won·Even
35
38
Deciding sets·Slight edge
51
42
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
54
46

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

Conditions

Court speed
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Simon G.
Fognini F.
6-46-3
Semi-finals
Simon G.
Bachinger M.
7-56-2
Fognini F.
Balazs A.
6-36-1
Quarter-finals
Bachinger M.
Brands D.
6-46-1
Balazs A.
Malisse X.
4-66-36-4
Simon G.
Kubot L.
3-66-16-3
Fognini F.
Seppi A.
6-46-746-4
R16
Brands D.
Zopp J.
7-636-3
Seppi A.
Stebe C.
6-26-3
Malisse X.
Mayer F.
7-54-66-4
Simon G.
Sela D.
6-46-2
Kubot L.
Copil M.
6-36-3
Bachinger M.
Troicki V.
6-34-67-62
Fognini F.
Baghdatis M.
7-57-64
Balazs A.
Starace P.
6-36-4
R32
Bachinger M.
Volandri F.
3-66-16-3
Kubot L.
Moraru G.
6-26-3
Sela D.
Ungur A.
7-626-2
Malisse X.
Dimitrov G.
6-26-4
Balazs A.
Lacko L.
6-777-626-4
Starace P.
Chardy J.
6-36-0
Fognini F.
Souza J.
7-57-65
Stebe C.
Chvojka E.
6-36-3
Seppi A.
Rufin G.
1-67-656-4
Brands D.
Dodig I.
7-646-2
Zopp J.
Crivoi V.
6-36-3
Copil M.
Kamke T.
6-36-2