Jarkko Nieminen vs Florent Serra — Montpellier Round of 32

Montpellier · ATP · Round of 32
FIN
Jarkko Nieminen
44 yrs · 185 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 4 February 2013
hard
FRA
Florent Serra
45 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLWWLLW
Nieminen J.
6-3 6-2
Serra F.
Nieminen J.
662
Serra F.
32–

Jarkko Nieminen defeated Florent Serra 6-3 6-2 in the Montpellier round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Florent Serra came in leading the head-to-head 5–1, defending last year's round of 16. Jarkko Nieminen narrowed the head-to-head to 5–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–5
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2010-10-25MontpellierR32hardJarkko Nieminen6-7(4) 7-5 6-1
2010-01-18Australian OpenR64hardFlorent Serra3-6 6-4 5-7 7-6(4) 7-5
2009-02-23Delray BeachR32hardFlorent Serra6-3 7-6(5)
2009-02-09San JoseR32hardFlorent Serra7-5 6-7(1) 6-4
2006-01-02AdelaideQFhardFlorent Serra6-4 6-7(4) 6-2
2005-07-04BastadR32clayFlorent Serra7-5 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Nieminen J.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Serra F.

Serra F.serving82% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Nieminen J.

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
Nieminen J.Serra F.
1st serve in·Slight edge
65%
59%
1st serve points won·Even
69%
70%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
51%
Service points won·Even
62%
62%
Return points won·Even
37%
35%
Break points saved·Even
60%
58%
Aces / match·Even
3.5
3.1
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.3
1.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (148 vs 36). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Nieminen J.Serra F.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
56
40
Break points saved·Slight edge
88
83
Break points won·Slight edge
42
37
Deciding sets·Slight edge
60
50
Tiebreaks·Dominant
70
22

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

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Weather
9°CMainly clear
Wind 7 km/hHumidity 70%

Draw

Final
Gasquet R.
Paire B.
6-26-3
Semi-finals
Paire B.
Llodra M.
4-66-36-1
Gasquet R.
Nieminen J.
6-33-66-2
Quarter-finals
Nieminen J.
Stakhovsky S.
4-66-37-62
Paire B.
Simon G.
7-57-64
Llodra M.
Hajek J.
7-636-1
Gasquet R.
Benneteau J.
6-14-66-1
R16
Hajek J.
Troicki V.
6-04-2
Paire B.
Darcis S.
4-67-6116-4
Benneteau J.
Hanescu V.
6-46-4
Simon G.
Brugues Davi A.
7-656-2
Gasquet R.
Monfils G.
6-32-66-3
Llodra M.
Tipsarevic J.
6-37-64
Stakhovsky S.
Ito T.
6-746-47-63
Nieminen J.
Davydenko N.
6-37-68
R32
Ito T.
Roger-Vasselin E.
3-67-657-5
Llodra M.
De Schepper K.
6-36-3
Hajek J.
Sela D.
2-67-56-1
Troicki V.
Pouille L.
6-47-5
Benneteau J.
Ungur A.
6-34-2
Hanescu V.
Olaso G.
6-17-66
Monfils G.
Bemelmans R.
7-56-4
Paire B.
Menendez Maceiras A.
6-06-2
Stakhovsky S.
Mathieu P.
6-46-4
Brugues Davi A.
Kukushkin M.
6-756-37-63
Darcis S.
Mannarino A.
6-47-60
Nieminen J.
Serra F.
6-36-2