Alexey Vatutin vs Artem Smirnov — Bratislava CH Round of 16

Bratislava CH · CHALLENGER · Round of 16
RUS
Alexey Vatutin
#610ATP
1415ELO
1382Hard ELO
33 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWLWLLW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 9 November 2015
hard
UKR
Artem Smirnov
38 yrs · 188 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWLLLWL
Vatutin A.
3-6 7-6 7-6
Smirnov A.
Vatutin A.
378772
Smirnov A.
666611

Alexey Vatutin defeated Artem Smirnov 3-6 7-6 7-6 in the Bratislava CH round of 16 on hard.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Vatutin A.serving68% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Smirnov A.

Smirnov A.serving63% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Vatutin A.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

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
Vatutin A.Smirnov A.
1st serve in·Slight edge
65%
56%
1st serve points won·Even
64%
66%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
48%
Service points won·Even
59%
58%
Return points won·Even
42%
41%
Break points saved·Even
55%
54%
Aces / match·Clear edge
1.4
3.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.1
4.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 63). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Gerasimov E.
Lacko L.[4]
7-617-65
Semi-finals
Gerasimov E.
Copil M.
7-642-66-2
Lacko L.[4]
Marchenko I.[2]
6-43-67-67
Quarter-finals
Gerasimov E.
Gombos N.[6]
7-626-7127-65
Copil M.
Roger-Vasselin E.[8]
7-655-76-3
Lacko L.[4]
Vatutin A.
6-26-2
Marchenko I.[2]
Stepanek R.
4-66-46-3
R16
Gerasimov E.
Rosol L.[1]
6-37-64
Gombos N.[6]
Gojowczyk P.
6-37-5
Copil M.
Struff J.[3]
6-46-3
Roger-Vasselin E.[8]
Youzhny M.
6-47-63
Vatutin A.
Smirnov A.
3-67-667-61
Lacko L.[4]
Rublev A.
6-757-616-4
Stepanek R.
Ignatik U.
6-36-4
Marchenko I.[2]
Satral J.
6-46-4
R32
Rosol L.[1]
Brands D.
7-6146-3
Roger-Vasselin E.[8]
Przysiezny M.
4-2
Rublev A.
Pavlasek A.
6-40-0
Gerasimov E.
Weintraub A.
6-26-1
Gojowczyk P.
Celikbilek A.
7-56-1
Gombos N.[6]
Karatsev A.
6-36-3
Struff J.[3]
Sijsling I.
7-656-4
Copil M.
Kalenichenko D.
6-36-4
Youzhny M.
Blasko M.
6-46-0
Vatutin A.
Dustov F.[5]
6-36-4
Smirnov A.
Nedovyesov A.
6-17-67
Lacko L.[4]
Ymer M.
6-46-2
Stepanek R.
Ymer E.[7]
6-47-65
Ignatik U.
Molcan A.
4-66-36-3
Satral J.
Kovalik J.
6-737-686-4
Marchenko I.[2]
Pavic A.
7-666-4