Grega Zemlja vs John Patrick Smith — Dallas CH Round of 16

Dallas CH · CHALLENGER · Round of 16
SLO
Grega Zemlja
39 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLWWLLLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 1 February 2016
hard
AUS7
John Patrick Smith
37 yrs · 188 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLLLLLL
Zemlja G.
4-6 6-3 6-4
Smith J.
Zemlja G.
4662
Smith J.
6341

Grega Zemlja defeated John Patrick Smith 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the Dallas CH round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — John Patrick Smith came in defending last year's quarter-final, but Grega Zemlja had been the form player, winning 1 of their last 4 on hard.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Zemlja G.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Smith J.

Smith J.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Zemlja G.

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
Zemlja G.Smith J.
1st serve in·Clear edge
55%
69%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
75%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
51%
Service points won·Even
64%
63%
Return points won·Even
36%
37%
Break points saved·Even
61%
64%
Aces / match·Dominant
8.2
4.8
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.0
1.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (71 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Zemlja G.Smith J.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
49
16
Break points saved·Slight edge
80
86
Break points won·Dominant
31
6
Deciding sets·Dominant
71
21
Tiebreaks·Dominant
45
3

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Final
Edmund K.[2]
Evans D.
6-36-2
Semi-finals
Edmund K.[2]
Smyczek T.[4]
7-56-3
Evans D.
Ito T.[6]
6-24-66-1
Quarter-finals
Ito T.[6]
Tiafoe F.
3-67-56-4
Edmund K.[2]
Zemlja G.
7-56-1
Smyczek T.[4]
Matosevic M.
7-644-66-3
Evans D.
Becker B.[3]
6-16-4
R16
Edmund K.[2]
Mcgee J.
6-36-4
Zemlja G.
Smith J.[7]
4-66-36-4
Smyczek T.[4]
Harrison R.
6-05-76-4
Matosevic M.
Trungelliti M.
6-46-3
Evans D.
Fratangelo B.[8]
6-26-3
Becker B.[3]
Escobedo E.
6-46-2
Ito T.[6]
Laaksonen H.
6-27-65
Tiafoe F.
Vaks M.
6-46-4
R32
Zemlja G.
Jung J.
6-44-67-65
Fratangelo B.[8]
Donaldson J.
6-36-4
Escobedo E.
Thompson C.
6-37-66
Ito T.[6]
Molchanov D.
6-26-757-66
Laaksonen H.
Michalicka M.
7-56-1
Vaks M.
Smith C.
6-46-2
Smyczek T.[4]
Krueger M.
6-46-3
Evans D.
Rublev A.
5-76-46-3
Becker B.[3]
Andersen J.
6-46-3
Edmund K.[2]
Bangoura S.
7-646-2
Mcgee J.
Novikov D.
5-76-16-4
Smith J.[7]
Quigley E.
7-666-3
Harrison R.
Kuznetsov A.
2-67-57-5
Trungelliti M.
Barrientos N.
6-37-66
Matosevic M.
Albot R.[5]
6-44-66-4
Tiafoe F.
Groth S.[1]
6-36-3