Alexander Ward vs Frederik Nielsen — Seoul CH Round of 32

Seoul CH · CHALLENGER · Round of 32
GBR
Alexander Ward
36 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLWLLLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 9 May 2016
hard
DEN
Frederik Nielsen
42 yrs · 190 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLWLLLW
Ward A.
6-7 6-3 7-6
Nielsen F.
Ward A.
656772
Nielsen F.
773641

Alexander Ward defeated Frederik Nielsen 6-7 6-3 7-6 in the Seoul CH round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Frederik Nielsen came in defending last year's round of 16, but Alexander Ward had been the form player, winning 3 of their last 8 on hard.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Ward A.serving72% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Nielsen F.

Nielsen F.serving82% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Ward A.

Serve advantage — Nielsen F.

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
Ward A.Nielsen F.
1st serve in·Even
59%
58%
1st serve points won·Even
70%
70%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
51%
Service points won·Even
61%
62%
Return points won·Even
37%
41%
Break points saved·Even
60%
62%
Aces / match·Even
4.8
4.3
Double faults / match·Even
3.5
3.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (65 vs 124). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

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