Niels Desein vs Nils Langer — Shenzhen CH Round of 32

Shenzhen CH · CHALLENGER · Round of 32
BEL
Niels Desein
39 yrs · 190 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 21 March 2016
hard
GER
Nils Langer
36 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLWWLL
Desein N.
6-7 6-4 6-4
Langer N.
Desein N.
63662
Langer N.
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Niels Desein defeated Nils Langer 6-7 6-4 6-4 in the Shenzhen CH round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Nils Langer came in defending last year's round of 32, but Niels Desein had been the form player, winning 4 of their last 5 on hard.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Desein N.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Langer N.

Langer N.serving82% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Desein N.

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
Desein N.Langer N.
1st serve in·Even
65%
61%
1st serve points won·Even
71%
70%
2nd serve points won·Even
52%
51%
Service points won·Even
64%
63%
Return points won·Even
38%
38%
Break points saved·Slight edge
54%
62%
Aces / match·Clear edge
5.6
3.8
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.1
2.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (27 vs 58). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Desein N.Langer N.
Clutch Rating·Even
16
20
Break points saved·Clear edge
52
69
Break points won·Even
26
27
Deciding sets·Clear edge
24
11
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
31
42

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Final
Sela D.[2]
Wu D.
6-46-3
Semi-finals
Wu D.
Fabbiano T.
6-21-67-66
Sela D.[2]
Pavlasek A.
6-16-2
Quarter-finals
Sela D.[2]
Gojowczyk P.
6-46-1
Pavlasek A.
Myneni S.
6-36-1
Wu D.
Ilhan M.
7-656-4
Fabbiano T.
Thompson J.[8]
6-37-5
R16
Sela D.[2]
Desein N.
6-36-2
Pavlasek A.
Li Z.
6-46-3
Myneni S.
Soeda G.
6-36-1
Wu D.
Galovic V.
6-46-3
Ilhan M.
Moriya H.
6-46-3
Thompson J.[8]
Satral J.
7-56-2
Fabbiano T.
Saville L.
6-36-4
Gojowczyk P.
Basilashvili N.[6]
6-36-4
R32
Sela D.[2]
Lopez Perez E.
6-46-3
Desein N.
Langer N.
6-736-46-4
Gojowczyk P.
Qi X.
6-06-4
Basilashvili N.[6]
Skugor F.
2-66-16-4
Li Z.
Gimeno Traver D.[3]
6-36-746-1
Pavlasek A.
Wang C.
7-616-1
Myneni S.
Lacko L.[5]
7-56-3
Moriya H.
Coppejans K.[7]
6-26-2
Ilhan M.
Chiudinelli M.
3-66-47-5
Galovic V.
Rola B.
7-634-66-4
Wu D.
Krajinovic F.[4]
6-46-1
Thompson J.[8]
Zhang Z.
7-56-4
Satral J.
Kudryavtsev A.
6-27-5
Saville L.
Chen L.
6-06-4
Fabbiano T.
Daniel T.[1]
4-66-06-3
Soeda G.
Sun F.
6-46-2