Mikhail Youzhny vs Guillermo Garcia Lopez — St. Petersburg Quarter-final

St. Petersburg · ATP · Quarter-final
RUS
Mikhail Youzhny
44 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLWWLLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 17 September 2012
carpet
ESP
Guillermo Garcia Lopez
43 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLWLLL
Youzhny M.
6-4 0-6 6-3
Garcia Lopez G.
Youzhny M.
6062
Garcia Lopez G.
4631

Mikhail Youzhny defeated Guillermo Garcia Lopez 6-4 0-6 6-3 in the St. Petersburg quarter-final on carpet. The upset overturned the form book — Guillermo Garcia Lopez came in leading the head-to-head 6–0. Mikhail Youzhny claimed a first win over Guillermo Garcia Lopez in seven meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 6–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Mikhail Youzhny closed it out in three sets, 6–4 0–6 6–3.

Head to head

0–6
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2013-09-16St. PetersburgR16carpetGuillermo Garcia Lopez6-4 4-6 6-3
2013-07-15HamburgR32clayGuillermo Garcia Lopez6-3 6-7(3) 6-2
2009-08-16Cincinnati MastersR32hardGuillermo Garcia Lopez7-5 6-3
2009-05-17KitzbuhelSFclayGuillermo Garcia Lopez6-3 1-6 7-6(5)
2008-07-07GstaadQFclayGuillermo Garcia Lopez4-6 7-5 6-3
2006-05-15Hamburg MastersR64clayGuillermo Garcia Lopez6-0 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Youzhny M.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Garcia Lopez G.

Garcia Lopez G.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Youzhny M.

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
Youzhny M.Garcia Lopez G.
1st serve in·Even
60%
58%
1st serve points won·Even
69%
70%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
51%
Service points won·Even
62%
62%
Return points won·Even
38%
38%
Break points saved·Even
61%
60%
Aces / match·Even
3.6
3.3
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.2
3.7

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Youzhny M.Garcia Lopez G.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
63
57
Break points saved·Slight edge
93
88
Break points won·Clear edge
41
29
Deciding sets·Slight edge
68
76
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
83
63

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
Klizan M.
Fognini F.
6-26-3
Semi-finals
Fognini F.
Gimeno Traver D.
6-36-4
Klizan M.
Youzhny M.
6-7116-47-63
Quarter-finals
Fognini F.
Bautista Agut R.
6-47-61
Youzhny M.
Garcia Lopez G.
6-40-66-3
Gimeno Traver D.
Cipolla F.
6-27-5
Klizan M.
Berankis R.
6-36-2
R16
Garcia Lopez G.
Lorenzi P.
6-13-1
Klizan M.
Bolelli S.
6-36-3
Berankis R.
Zopp J.
6-3
Bautista Agut R.
Gabashvili T.
6-36-4
Fognini F.
Stakhovsky S.
7-646-4
Gimeno Traver D.
Kubot L.
6-47-65
Youzhny M.
Ram R.
6-16-4
Cipolla F.
Zemlja G.
6-26-756-3
R32
Cipolla F.
Vasilevski A.
7-647-66
Stakhovsky S.
Nedelko I.
7-626-2
Gabashvili T.
Fidirko N.
6-26-0
Zopp J.
Kumantsov A.
6-35-3
Berankis R.
Petzschner P.
6-23-3
Bautista Agut R.
Lu Y.
6-46-2
Bolelli S.
Zeballos H.
7-637-5
Garcia Lopez G.
Donskoy E.
2-66-46-3
Lorenzi P.
Betov S.
1-66-26-2
Ram R.
Bachinger M.
6-46-4
Youzhny M.
Pospisil V.
7-646-1
Fognini F.
Kamke T.
4-66-26-3
Zemlja G.
Lacko L.
6-36-2
Gimeno Traver D.
Serra F.
7-656-2
Kubot L.
Istomin D.
4-66-36-4
Klizan M.
Elgin M.
6-46-3