Evgeny Donskoy vs Potito Starace — Tunis CH Round of 16

Tunis CH · CHALLENGER · Round of 16
RUS3
Evgeny Donskoy
36 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WWLLWLWLLL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 28 April 2014
clay
ITA
Potito Starace
45 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLLLWWW
Donskoy E.
7-5 7-6
Starace P.
Donskoy E.
7772
Starace P.
5600

Evgeny Donskoy defeated Potito Starace 7-5 7-6 in the Tunis CH round of 16 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Potito Starace came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Evgeny Donskoy claimed a first win over Potito Starace in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2009-10-19MoscowR32hardPotito Starace6-3 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Donskoy E.serving76% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Starace P.

Starace P.serving82% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Donskoy E.

Serve advantage — Starace P.

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
Donskoy E.Starace P.
1st serve in·Clear edge
57%
72%
1st serve points won·Even
72%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
53%
Service points won·Even
63%
64%
Return points won·Even
36%
38%
Break points saved·Even
62%
66%
Aces / match·Clear edge
4.2
2.6
Double faults / match·Dominant
2.6
1.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 67). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Donskoy E.Starace P.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
25
43
Break points saved·Even
89
86
Break points won·Dominant
5
38
Deciding sets·Dominant
10
42
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
65
46

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

Conditions

Court speed
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Bolelli S.
Reister J.[7]
6-46-2
Semi-finals
Bolelli S.
Delic M.
6-46-4
Reister J.[7]
Ilhan M.
6-16-1
Quarter-finals
Reister J.[7]
Donskoy E.[3]
6-26-1
Bolelli S.
Arnaboldi A.
6-06-3
Delic M.
Ungur A.[5]
6-46-1
Ilhan M.
Pavic A.
6-46-4
R16
Delic M.
Arguello F.[4]
6-32-0
Donskoy E.[3]
Starace P.
7-57-60
Reister J.[7]
Cecchinato M.
6-27-66
Bolelli S.
Fabbiano T.
6-36-4
Arnaboldi A.
Burquier G.
6-26-2
Ungur A.[5]
Gicquel M.
6-26-3
Pavic A.
Cipolla F.
6-34-66-2
Ilhan M.
Ouahab L.
5-76-46-3
R32
Donskoy E.[3]
Cervantes Huegun I.
7-655-75-0
Ungur A.[5]
Huta Galung J.
5-2
Arnaboldi A.
Millot V.
6-35-2
Delic M.
Ben Hassen A.
6-36-4
Bolelli S.
De Schepper K.[1]
4-66-26-4
Fabbiano T.
Lizariturry J.
6-46-3
Burquier G.
Jaziri M.[6]
5-77-56-3
Arguello F.[4]
Checa Calvo J.
6-17-5
Reister J.[7]
Sualehe D.
6-06-0
Cecchinato M.
Abid M.
4-66-16-2
Starace P.
Guez D.
6-36-1
Pavic A.
Herbert P.[8]
6-26-3
Cipolla F.
Naso G.
6-786-06-1
Ilhan M.
Giannessi A.
7-56-4
Ouahab L.
Kamke T.[2]
6-756-46-1
Gicquel M.
Copil M.
6-23-66-3