Yannick Mertens vs Timur Khabibulin — Astana CH Round of 16

Astana CH · CHALLENGER · Round of 16
BEL5
Yannick Mertens
39 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 27 July 2015
hard
KAZ
Timur Khabibulin
30 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLWLWL
Mertens Y.
6-2 6-3
Khabibulin T.
Mertens Y.
662
Khabibulin T.
230

Yannick Mertens defeated Timur Khabibulin 6-2 6-3 in the Astana CH round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Timur Khabibulin came in defending last year's round of 32.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Mertens Y.serving78% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Khabibulin T.

Khabibulin T.serving75% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Mertens Y.

Even serve battle

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
Mertens Y.Khabibulin T.
1st serve in·Slight edge
64%
58%
1st serve points won·Even
66%
69%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
49%
44%
Service points won·Even
60%
58%
Return points won·Even
37%
37%
Break points saved·Even
55%
55%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.7
4.3
Double faults / match·Dominant
2.8
6.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (133 vs 52). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Kukushkin M.[1]
Donskoy E.[3]
6-26-2
Semi-finals
Donskoy E.[3]
Kravchuk K.[2]
7-667-62
Kukushkin M.[1]
Popko D.
6-26-4
Quarter-finals
Kukushkin M.[1]
Molchanov D.
6-12-66-2
Popko D.
Chen T.[8]
6-36-2
Donskoy E.[3]
Dubarenco M.
6-46-4
Kravchuk K.[2]
Mertens Y.[5]
6-16-776-4
R16
Popko D.
Khachanov K.[4]
5-76-36-1
Molchanov D.
Moriya H.[6]
6-16-1
Kukushkin M.[1]
Kalovelonis M.
6-06-1
Chen T.[8]
Fayziev S.
6-17-65
Dubarenco M.
Ismailov T.
6-46-0
Donskoy E.[3]
Skugor F.
7-50-66-4
Mertens Y.[5]
Khabibulin T.
6-26-3
Kravchuk K.[2]
Lee D.
6-766-36-2
R32
Kravchuk K.[2]
Zhyrmont D.
6-23-0
Skugor F.
Ivashka I.
7-52-66-2
Kalovelonis M.
Milton J.
3-66-36-2
Molchanov D.
Lopez Perez E.
6-46-4
Moriya H.[6]
Hassanov R.
6-06-2
Khachanov K.[4]
Weintraub A.
7-636-0
Popko D.
Boltz S.
6-46-4
Fayziev S.
Musialek A.
0-67-646-3
Chen T.[8]
Kuzmanov D.
6-26-3
Dubarenco M.
Smith C.[7]
7-666-4
Kukushkin M.[1]
Chung Y.
7-56-4
Ismailov T.
Yevseyev D.
3-67-56-3
Donskoy E.[3]
Shyla Y.
6-36-3
Mertens Y.[5]
Perez Sanz D.
6-37-67
Khabibulin T.
Karimov J.
6-26-4
Lee D.
Vasilevski A.
6-37-5