Potito Starace vs Jan Mertl — Szczecin CH Round of 16

Szczecin CH · CHALLENGER · Round of 16
ITA
Potito Starace
45 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLLLWWW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 8 September 2014
clay
CZE
Jan Mertl
44 yrs · 190 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLWLLWW
Starace P.
2-6 6-4 7-6
Mertl J.
Starace P.
267102
Mertl J.
64681

Potito Starace defeated Jan Mertl 2-6 6-4 7-6 in the Szczecin CH round of 16 on clay.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Starace P.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Mertl J.

Mertl J.serving76% hold

wins 61% 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.Mertl J.
1st serve in·Slight edge
72%
61%
1st serve points won·Even
69%
73%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
49%
Service points won·Even
64%
63%
Return points won·Even
38%
35%
Break points saved·Even
65%
62%
Aces / match·Dominant
2.7
6.7
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.1
2.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (67 vs 105). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Starace P.Mertl J.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
43
13
Break points saved·Clear edge
86
69
Break points won·Clear edge
38
19
Deciding sets·Dominant
42
12
Tiebreaks·Dominant
46
14

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
Brown D.[2]
Struff J.[1]
6-46-3
Semi-finals
Struff J.[1]
Arguello F.[7]
1-66-06-2
Brown D.[2]
Pouille L.
6-46-4
Quarter-finals
Struff J.[1]
Starace P.
6-24-1
Pouille L.
Kontinen M.
6-03-66-3
Brown D.[2]
Majchrzak K.
6-46-2
Arguello F.[7]
Nedovyesov A.[3]
7-656-2
R16
Struff J.[1]
Pavlasek A.
4-66-36-3
Brown D.[2]
Bourgue M.
6-756-46-3
Kontinen M.
Kovalik J.
6-46-726-3
Nedovyesov A.[3]
Garin C.
6-36-4
Starace P.
Mertl J.
2-66-47-68
Arguello F.[7]
Davydenko P.
6-46-2
Pouille L.
Montanes A.[4]
6-41-67-65
Majchrzak K.
Michon A.
6-756-37-62
R32
Pouille L.
Podlipnik Castillo H.
6-31-0
Starace P.
Rufin G.
3-2
Struff J.[1]
Marcora R.
5-0
Pavlasek A.
Kowalczyk M.
6-46-3
Nedovyesov A.[3]
Koniusz B.
6-17-69
Davydenko P.
Basilashvili N.
2-66-46-4
Garin C.
Torebko P.
6-47-66
Arguello F.[7]
Ignatik U.
6-46-746-4
Kovalik J.
Riba P.[6]
2-67-56-2
Kontinen M.
Klec I.
6-36-4
Montanes A.[4]
Gawron M.
6-16-3
Michon A.
Beck A.[5]
6-33-66-0
Majchrzak K.
Veic A.
6-22-66-4
Bourgue M.
Teurer R.
6-44-66-3
Brown D.[2]
Panfil G.
7-56-2
Mertl J.
Fucsovics M.[8]
7-667-5