John Isner vs Xavier Malisse — Nice Round of 16

Nice · ATP · Round of 16
USA
John Isner
41 yrs · 208 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLWLLWWW
0 — 0
Sets
Sunday, 20 May 2012
clay
BEL
Xavier Malisse
45 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLLWWW
Isner J.
7-6 7-6
Malisse X.
Isner J.
77772
Malisse X.
6365–

John Isner defeated Xavier Malisse 7-6 7-6 in the Nice round of 16 on clay. John Isner extended the head-to-head to 3–2.

Key context

Head to head

2–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2013-02-11San JoseQFhardJohn Isner7-6(8) 6-2
2012-08-27US OpenR128hardJohn Isner6-3 7-6(5) 5-7 7-6(9)
2010-08-01WashingtonR16hardXavier Malisse6-4 3-6 7-6(5)
2010-04-05HoustonR16clayXavier Malisse7-6(3) 6-7(7) 7-6(3)

Serve vs return

This season
Isner J.serving93% hold

wins 73% of points on serve vs Malisse X.

Malisse X.serving90% hold

wins 70% 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.Malisse X.
1st serve in·Clear edge
70%
57%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
80%
72%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
56%
51%
Service points won·Slight edge
73%
63%
Return points won·Slight edge
29%
36%
Break points saved·Clear edge
70%
57%
Aces / match·Dominant
21.7
7.0
Double faults / match·Even
2.5
2.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 76). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Isner J.Malisse X.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
64
52
Break points saved·Clear edge
99
85
Break points won·Dominant
0
52
Deciding sets·Dominant
91
53
Tiebreaks·Dominant
98
56

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

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Almagro N.
Baker B.
6-36-2
Semi-finals
Baker B.
Davydenko N.
6-756-46-2
Almagro N.
Simon G.
6-16-3
Quarter-finals
Davydenko N.
Isner J.
6-47-64
Almagro N.
Darcis S.
6-46-4
Baker B.
Kukushkin M.
4-66-37-64
Simon G.
Bellucci T.
7-56-0
R16
Isner J.
Malisse X.
7-637-65
Simon G.
Dimitrov G.
6-36-3
Davydenko N.
Istomin D.
6-41-66-3
Baker B.
Monfils G.
6-37-69
Kukushkin M.
Tomic B.
3-66-27-5
Darcis S.
Volandri F.
3-66-26-4
Almagro N.
Roger-Vasselin E.
7-656-4
Bellucci T.
Ferrero J.
6-46-3
R32
Bellucci T.
Young D.
6-756-06-3
Ferrero J.
Haase R.
4-67-667-66
Dimitrov G.
Sela D.
7-56-1
Malisse X.
Lu Y.
7-56-4
Davydenko N.
Ebden M.
6-36-3
Istomin D.
Falla A.
7-631-66-1
Baker B.
Stakhovsky S.
6-726-47-5
Kukushkin M.
Querrey S.
6-27-5
Tomic B.
Lacko L.
6-26-3
Darcis S.
Fognini F.
7-637-5
Volandri F.
Rochus O.
4-67-626-2
Roger-Vasselin E.
Paire B.
6-47-62