Thiemo De Bakker vs Jurgen Melzer | Thiemo De Bakker Wins 5-7 7-5 5-7 6-4 6-1

UMPIRY

NED vs AUTRound RobinClayFri 13 SeptFinal

Thiemo De BakkerNED

Jurgen MelzerAUT

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Thiemo De Bakker defeated Jurgen Melzer 5-7 7-5 5-7 6-4 6-1 in the NED vs AUT round robin on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Jurgen Melzer came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, but Thiemo De Bakker had been the form player, winning 2 of their last 4 on clay. Thiemo De Bakker claimed a first win over Jurgen Melzer in two meetings, levelling the head-to-head at 1–1.

Key context

Match story: Thiemo De Bakker dropped the opening set before beating Jurgen Melzer 5–7 7–5 5–7 6–4 6–1.

How the match was decided

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De Bakker T. came through in five sets.

Match statistics

Match statistics are not available for this match. They appear once the official scoring feed publishes them.

Common opponents

1 shared · last 12 months

De Bakker T. and Melzer J. faced 1 of the same opponent in the last 12 months. De Bakker T. went 0–1 (0%) against them, Melzer J. 1–0 (100%).

0–10%De Bakker T. · better vs 0Record vs common opponents1–0100%Melzer J. · better vs 1

Vs common opponents · derived from scorelines

0–3Sets2–1

12–18Games17–13

0–0Tiebreaks1–0

0–0Deciding sets1–0

Only 1 common opponent — too few for any conclusion. Shown without assessment.

vs Andujar P.L4-6 4-6 4-6US Open · hardW6-1 4-6 7-6Beijing · hard

Head-to-head

2 meetings · level 1–1

Clay: De Bakker T. leads 1–0 · Hard: Melzer J. leads 1–0

De Bakker T.September 2013NED vs AUTThis matchClay5-7 7-5 5-7 6-4 6-1
Melzer J.August 2013Winston-SalemHard7-5 6-7 4-2

Draw

Closing odds

Player context

Before the match

De Bakker T.Melzer J.1 688ELO1 8061 692Clay ELO1 6695–5Last 104–624Age32193 cmHeight183 cmRightPlaysLeft

Cite this

Thiemo De Bakker beat Jurgen Melzer 5-7 7-5 5-7 6-4 6-1. Umpiry, "Thiemo De Bakker vs Jurgen Melzer — NED vs AUT Round Robin", https://umpiry.com/match/2013-09-13/bakker-vs-melzer-ned-vs-aut-rr?utm_source=cite (as of 13 September 2013).