Pedro Sousa vs Artem Smirnov — Scheveningen CH Round of 32

Scheveningen CH · CHALLENGER · Round of 32
POR
Pedro Sousa
38 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLWWWWWW
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 25 July 2016
clay
UKR
Artem Smirnov
38 yrs · 188 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWLLLWL
Sousa P.
6-2 6-1
Smirnov A.
Sousa P.
662
Smirnov A.
210

Pedro Sousa defeated Artem Smirnov 6-2 6-1 in the Scheveningen CH round of 32 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Artem Smirnov came in defending last year's round of 32, but Pedro Sousa had been the form player, winning 4 of their last 7 on clay.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Sousa P.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Smirnov A.

Smirnov A.serving57% hold

wins 53% of points on serve vs Sousa P.

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
Sousa P.Smirnov A.
1st serve in·Slight edge
65%
56%
1st serve points won·Even
65%
66%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
47%
Service points won·Even
60%
57%
Return points won·Even
41%
41%
Break points saved·Even
57%
54%
Aces / match·Even
2.4
2.9
Double faults / match·Dominant
2.6
5.1

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 47). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Final
Haase R.[4]
Pavlasek A.[7]
6-46-796-2
Semi-finals
Pavlasek A.[7]
Reuter Y.
7-666-4
Haase R.[4]
Lestienne C.[9]
6-36-3
Quarter-finals
Reuter Y.
Sousa P.
2-66-46-4
Pavlasek A.[7]
Griekspoor T.
4-67-56-3
Haase R.[4]
Vatutin A.
6-16-1
Lestienne C.[9]
Westerhof B.
6-46-3
R16
Reuter Y.
Cervantes Huegun I.[2]
7-647-64
Griekspoor T.
Bagnis F.[3]
7-646-4
Sousa P.
Sakharov G.
2-66-46-4
Pavlasek A.[7]
Torebko P.
6-36-2
Vatutin A.
Majchrzak K.
5-77-656-1
Haase R.[4]
Tsitsipas S.
6-41-66-1
Westerhof B.
Krstin P.
6-36-4
Lestienne C.[9]
Huta Galung J.
6-26-1
R32
Tsitsipas S.
Diarra G.
7-647-62
Pavlasek A.[7]
Galarza J.
6-33-66-3
Cervantes Huegun I.[2]
Van Rijthoven T.
2-66-36-4
Reuter Y.
Hoang A.
7-637-5
Sousa P.
Smirnov A.
6-26-1
Sakharov G.
Sijsling I.[6]
2-66-16-4
Bagnis F.[3]
Van Der Duim A.
6-26-3
Griekspoor T.
Lapentti G.
3-66-26-2
Torebko P.
Von Massow G.
2-66-27-5
Vatutin A.
Olivo R.[5]
7-52-66-0
Majchrzak K.
Griekspoor S.
6-27-5
Haase R.[4]
Riba P.
7-56-4
Krstin P.
Munoz de la Nava D.[8]
7-56-3
Westerhof B.
Trinker B.
5-76-36-1
Huta Galung J.
Velotti A.
6-36-4
Lestienne C.[9]
Stanek R.
3-66-46-0