Lucas Pouille vs Gilles Simon — Brisbane Round of 32

Brisbane · ATP · Round of 32
FRA6
Lucas Pouille
32 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWLLLLW
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 2 January 2017
hard
FRA
Gilles Simon
41 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWWLLWL
Pouille L.
7-6 7-6
Simon G.
Pouille L.
78772
Simon G.
66640

Lucas Pouille defeated Gilles Simon 7-6 7-6 in the Brisbane round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Gilles Simon came in leading the head-to-head 4–0, defending last year's round of 32. Lucas Pouille claimed a first win over Gilles Simon in five meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 4–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–4
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2022-01-31MontpellierR32hardGilles Simon7-6(4) 5-7 6-4
2018-10-29Paris MastersR64hardGilles Simon6-3 6-4
2016-03-21Miami MastersR16hardGilles Simon6-0 6-1
2015-05-24Roland GarrosR128clayGilles Simon3-6 6-1 6-2 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Pouille L.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Simon G.

Simon G.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Pouille L.

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
Pouille L.Simon G.
1st serve in·Slight edge
56%
61%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
73%
68%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
49%
Service points won·Even
63%
61%
Return points won·Even
37%
39%
Break points saved·Slight edge
66%
59%
Aces / match·Clear edge
6.2
3.8
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.7
2.7

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Pouille L.Simon G.
Clutch Rating·Even
74
74
Break points saved·Even
98
94
Break points won·Dominant
29
68
Deciding sets·Clear edge
96
73
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
94
82

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
Weather
32°CDrizzle
Wind 16 km/hHumidity 56%
Final
Dimitrov G.[7]
Nishikori K.[3]
6-22-66-3
Semi-finals
Dimitrov G.[7]
Raonic M.[1]
7-676-2
Nishikori K.[3]
Wawrinka S.[2]
7-636-3
Quarter-finals
Wawrinka S.[2]
Edmund K.
6-726-46-4
Nishikori K.[3]
Thompson J.
6-16-1
Dimitrov G.[7]
Thiem D.[4]
6-34-66-3
Raonic M.[1]
Nadal R.[5]
4-66-36-4
R16
Wawrinka S.[2]
Troicki V.
7-656-4
Nishikori K.[3]
Donaldson J.
4-66-46-3
Thompson J.
Ferrer D.[8]
4-67-57-5
Dimitrov G.[7]
Mahut N.
6-26-4
Thiem D.[4]
Groth S.
7-656-3
Nadal R.[5]
Zverev M.
6-16-1
Raonic M.[1]
Schwartzman D.
6-36-2
Edmund K.
Pouille L.[6]
6-33-1
R32
Troicki V.
Nishioka Y.
6-47-5
Donaldson J.
Muller G.
6-46-4
Thompson J.
Ymer E.
6-36-2
Dimitrov G.[7]
Johnson S.
6-26-3
Mahut N.
Robert S.
4-66-36-4
Groth S.
Herbert P.
6-35-77-5
Nadal R.[5]
Dolgopolov A.
6-36-3
Zverev M.
De Minaur A.
6-36-3
Schwartzman D.
Querrey S.
6-26-4
Ferrer D.[8]
Tomic B.
6-37-5
Edmund K.
Escobedo E.
7-647-66
Pouille L.[6]
Simon G.
7-667-64