Franko Skugor vs Sam Groth — Busan CH Round of 16

Busan CH · CHALLENGER · Round of 16
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Franko Skugor
38 yrs · 196 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WWWWLLLWWL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 4 May 2015
hard
AUS2
Sam Groth
38 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWLLWL
Skugor F.
7-6 4-6 6-1
Groth S.
Skugor F.
77462
Groth S.
64611

Franko Skugor defeated Sam Groth 7-6 4-6 6-1 in the Busan CH round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Sam Groth came in defending last year's round of 32, but Franko Skugor had been the form player, winning 6 of their last 10 on hard.

Key context

  • Match story: Franko Skugor came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 7–6 4–6 6–1.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Skugor F.serving91% hold

wins 71% of points on serve vs Groth S.

Groth S.serving89% hold

wins 69% of points on serve vs Skugor F.

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
Skugor F.Groth S.
1st serve in·Even
62%
60%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
72%
79%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
51%
Service points won·Even
64%
68%
Return points won·Slight edge
38%
32%
Break points saved·Even
60%
64%
Aces / match·Dominant
5.8
14.1
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.9
5.1

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (160 vs 150). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Skugor F.Groth S.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
35
28
Break points saved·Slight edge
80
89
Break points won·Slight edge
16
7
Deciding sets·Clear edge
53
33
Tiebreaks·Even
33
31

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
Chung H.[4]
Lacko L.[7]
6-36-1
Semi-finals
Chung H.[4]
Zemlja G.
6-36-4
Lacko L.[7]
Zhang Z.
6-26-1
Quarter-finals
Zemlja G.
Nam J.
6-36-3
Chung H.[4]
Nielsen F.
6-06-1
Zhang Z.
Soeda G.[3]
6-26-2
Lacko L.[7]
Skugor F.
6-46-1
R16
Chung H.[4]
Kudla D.
7-637-65
Skugor F.
Groth S.[2]
7-644-66-1
Lacko L.[7]
Marchenko I.
6-13-66-3
Zemlja G.
Lu Y.[1]
6-17-5
Nam J.
Nguyen D.
6-43-66-3
Nielsen F.
Ito T.[6]
6-37-64
Zhang Z.
Kutrovsky D.
3-66-36-3
Soeda G.[3]
Smith J.
7-646-3
R32
Nguyen D.
Sela D.[5]
6-11-0
Lu Y.[1]
Hong S.
6-36-4
Groth S.[2]
Bolt A.
6-47-5
Lacko L.[7]
Saville L.
6-14-66-3
Marchenko I.
Corrie E.
6-756-37-5
Zemlja G.
Wang J.
6-22-66-2
Nam J.
Niki T.
6-16-4
Chung H.[4]
Jenkins J.
6-06-3
Kudla D.
Lim Y.
6-06-4
Nielsen F.
Kim Y.
6-47-64
Ito T.[6]
Kudryavtsev A.
6-36-3
Kutrovsky D.
Jung J.
7-56-4
Zhang Z.
Thompson J.
6-26-1
Smith J.
Oh C.
6-06-1
Soeda G.[3]
Barton M.
6-26-4
Skugor F.
Moriya H.
6-46-1