Sam Groth vs Soon Woo Kwon — Seoul CH Round of 16

Seoul CH · CHALLENGER · Round of 16
AUS3
Sam Groth
38 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWLLWL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 9 May 2016
hard
Soon Woo Kwon
KOR
Soon Woo Kwon
1744ELO
1716Hard ELO
28 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWLLWWW
Groth S.
6-4 4-6 6-4
Kwon S.
Groth S.
6462
Kwon S.
4641

Sam Groth defeated Soon Woo Kwon 6-4 4-6 6-4 in the Seoul CH round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Soon Woo Kwon came in defending last year's round of 32.

Key context

  • Match story: Sam Groth edged a tight contest from start to finish — 6–4 4–6 6–4.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Groth S.serving88% hold

wins 68% of points on serve vs Kwon S.

Kwon S.serving90% hold

wins 70% of points on serve vs Groth S.

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
Groth S.Kwon S.
1st serve in·Even
59%
59%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
79%
71%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
52%
Service points won·Even
67%
63%
Return points won·Slight edge
32%
38%
Break points saved·Even
63%
61%
Aces / match·Dominant
13.2
5.1
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.6
3.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (97 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Groth S.Kwon S.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
28
67
Break points saved·Slight edge
89
94
Break points won·Dominant
7
33
Deciding sets·Dominant
33
77
Tiebreaks·Dominant
31
95

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

Freshness

Recent load
Groth S.Kwon S.
Freshness·
—
97

Kwon S.: 13 days rest · 1 match (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Final
Stakhovsky S.
Lu Y.[5]
4-66-37-67
Semi-finals
Lu Y.[5]
Lacko L.[8]
7-645-76-3
Stakhovsky S.
Kudryavtsev A.
6-26-4
Quarter-finals
Kudryavtsev A.
Groth S.[3]
4-1
Stakhovsky S.
Lee D.
7-56-2
Lacko L.[8]
Millman J.[1]
W/O
Lu Y.[5]
Jung J.
6-46-4
R16
Stakhovsky S.
Berrer M.[9]
6-01-0
Lacko L.[8]
Barton M.
6-44-66-4
Groth S.[3]
Kwon S.
6-44-66-4
Kudryavtsev A.
Ito T.[6]
7-667-5
Lu Y.[5]
Zhang Z.
6-36-4
Jung J.
Zemlja G.
6-24-67-5
Lee D.
Sugita Y.[7]
7-55-76-4
Millman J.[1]
Ward A.
6-46-2
R32
Kwon S.
Broady L.
3-66-46-3
Lee D.
Smith J.
6-46-4
Kudryavtsev A.
Nam J.
6-46-4
Ito T.[6]
Hong S.
6-46-2
Jung J.
Sarkissian A.
6-36-2
Zemlja G.
Evans D.[4]
6-36-3
Lacko L.[8]
Chen T.
6-36-3
Barton M.
Kravchuk K.
6-33-66-3
Ward A.
Nielsen F.
6-756-37-64
Millman J.[1]
Sekiguchi S.
7-56-4
Sugita Y.[7]
Kang H.
6-16-1
Groth S.[3]
Krueger M.
4-66-36-2
Lu Y.[5]
Wu D.
4-66-26-4
Zhang Z.
Kibi Y.
6-36-2
Berrer M.[9]
Krajicek A.
6-46-737-5
Stakhovsky S.
Chiudinelli M.
6-46-4