Potito Starace vs Salvatore Caruso — Rome CH Round of 32

Rome CH · CHALLENGER · Round of 32
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Potito Starace
45 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLLLWWW
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 5 May 2014
clay
ITA
Salvatore Caruso
33 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWWLWLWL
Starace P.
6-4 6-4
Caruso S.
Starace P.
662
Caruso S.
440

Potito Starace defeated Salvatore Caruso 6-4 6-4 in the Rome CH round of 32 on clay.

Key context

  • Match story: Potito Starace edged a tight contest from start to finish — 6–4 6–4.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Starace P.serving76% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Caruso S.

Caruso S.serving68% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Starace P.

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
Starace P.Caruso S.
1st serve in·Clear edge
72%
60%
1st serve points won·Even
68%
66%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
50%
Service points won·Slight edge
64%
59%
Return points won·Even
38%
39%
Break points saved·Slight edge
66%
57%
Aces / match·Even
2.7
2.7
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.1
2.6

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Starace P.Caruso S.
Clutch Rating·Even
43
41
Break points saved·Clear edge
86
65
Break points won·Slight edge
38
30
Deciding sets·Dominant
42
80
Tiebreaks·Dominant
46
18

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
Reister J.[6]
Cuevas P.
6-36-2
Semi-finals
Reister J.[6]
Cecchinato M.
6-22-66-4
Cuevas P.
Volandri F.[2]
6-36-1
Quarter-finals
Cecchinato M.
Giustino L.
6-22-66-4
Cuevas P.
Daniel T.
6-24-66-4
Volandri F.[2]
Mecir Jr M.
4-66-16-1
Reister J.[6]
Gonzalez M.
6-34-66-2
R16
Volandri F.[2]
Berankis R.
7-655-76-3
Gonzalez M.
Gombos N.
6-36-4
Reister J.[6]
Delic M.
6-16-2
Cecchinato M.
Ouahab L.
6-43-66-3
Giustino L.
Jaziri M.[5]
6-26-3
Daniel T.
Starace P.[8]
6-16-4
Cuevas P.
Donati M.
6-26-4
Mecir Jr M.
Arnaboldi A.
6-43-66-2
R32
Cecchinato M.
Huta Galung J.
6-13-66-1
Donati M.
Albot R.
6-36-1
Gonzalez M.
Lajovic D.[1]
6-26-3
Gombos N.
Giannessi A.
7-626-2
Delic M.
Mesaros K.
7-626-2
Reister J.[6]
Cipolla F.
6-26-4
Ouahab L.
Haider Maurer A.[4]
4-67-56-2
Giustino L.
Fabbiano T.
6-46-3
Jaziri M.[5]
Lobkov A.
6-36-4
Starace P.[8]
Caruso S.
6-46-4
Daniel T.
Quinzi G.
7-53-66-4
Cuevas P.
Lorenzi P.[3]
6-21-66-4
Mecir Jr M.
Evans D.[7]
4-66-16-1
Arnaboldi A.
Diez S.
6-16-0
Berankis R.
Trevisan M.
6-36-0
Volandri F.[2]
Dubarenco M.
6-16-3