Gilles Muller vs Yen Hsun Lu — Shenzhen CH Semi-final

Shenzhen CH · CHALLENGER · Semi-final
LUX
Gilles Muller
43 yrs · 193 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 21 April 2014
hard
TPE1
Yen Hsun Lu
42 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWLLLL
Muller G.
7-6 6-4
Lu Y.
Muller G.
71362
Lu Y.
61140

Gilles Muller defeated Yen Hsun Lu 7-6 6-4 in the Shenzhen CH semi-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Yen Hsun Lu came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Gilles Muller claimed a first win over Yen Hsun Lu in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2006-06-12Queen's ClubR64grassYen Hsun Lu6-4 7-6(7)

Serve vs return

This season
Muller G.serving90% hold

wins 70% of points on serve vs Lu Y.

Lu Y.serving93% hold

wins 73% of points on serve vs Muller G.

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
Muller G.Lu Y.
1st serve in·Even
61%
61%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
80%
74%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
53%
Service points won·Even
69%
66%
Return points won·Slight edge
32%
38%
Break points saved·Slight edge
69%
61%
Aces / match·Dominant
14.4
5.2
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.9
2.7

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Muller G.Lu Y.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
57
34
Break points saved·Slight edge
97
88
Break points won·Dominant
4
29
Deciding sets·Dominant
76
33
Tiebreaks·Dominant
87
32

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Muller G.
Lacko L.[2]
7-646-3
Semi-finals
Lacko L.[2]
Moriya H.[8]
6-13-66-2
Muller G.
Lu Y.[1]
7-6116-4
Quarter-finals
Muller G.
Zhang Z.
6-17-5
Lu Y.[1]
Ito T.[5]
6-37-5
Moriya H.[8]
Chiudinelli M.
7-54-66-4
Lacko L.[2]
Reid M.
7-56-4
R16
Lu Y.[1]
Myneni S.
6-27-5
Ito T.[5]
Puetz T.
6-46-0
Zhang Z.
Uchiyama Y.
6-16-3
Moriya H.[8]
Yang T.
6-36-1
Chiudinelli M.
Meffert D.
6-16-2
Muller G.
Cox D.
6-36-4
Reid M.
Weintraub A.
7-656-4
Lacko L.[2]
Mektic N.
6-47-66
R32
Puetz T.
Wang C.
6-06-3
Ito T.[5]
Kravchuk K.
6-46-4
Uchiyama Y.
Sekiguchi S.
7-57-64
Zhang Z.
Zemlja G.[7]
6-16-1
Chiudinelli M.
Kudryavtsev A.
7-56-4
Meffert D.
Groth S.[4]
6-46-4
Weintraub A.
Sugita Y.[6]
6-16-2
Mektic N.
Huang L.
6-43-66-1
Lacko L.[2]
Wu D.
6-7106-16-4
Yang T.
Grigelis L.
4-67-636-4
Lu Y.[1]
Gong M.
6-26-0
Myneni S.
Jung J.
6-36-2
Muller G.
Soeda G.[3]
6-37-5
Cox D.
Gao X.
6-06-3
Moriya H.[8]
Ouyang B.
6-46-4
Reid M.
Saville L.
6-47-67