Vaclav Safranek vs Andrew Whittington — Australian Open Qualifying Round 2

Australian Open · ATP · Qualifying Round 2
CZE
Vaclav Safranek
32 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLLLLL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 15 January 2018
hard
AUS
Andrew Whittington
32 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWLLLL
Safranek V.
6-2 6-3
Whittington A.
Safranek V.
662
Whittington A.
230

Vaclav Safranek defeated Andrew Whittington 6-2 6-3 in the Australian Open qualifying round 2 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Andrew Whittington came in defending last year's round of 64.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Safranek V.serving76% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Whittington A.

Whittington A.serving82% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Safranek V.

Serve advantage — Whittington A.

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
Safranek V.Whittington A.
1st serve in·Even
63%
63%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
65%
70%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
46%
Service points won·Even
59%
61%
Return points won·Even
36%
37%
Break points saved·Even
58%
60%
Aces / match·Dominant
3.1
6.3
Double faults / match·Dominant
2.0
4.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (94 vs 18). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Safranek V.Whittington A.
Clutch Rating·Even
20
20
Break points saved·Clear edge
55
69
Break points won·Even
14
15
Deciding sets·Dominant
49
22
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
16
36

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
20°CDrizzle
Wind 27 km/hHumidity 71%
Q3
Caruso S.
Bourgue M.
3-67-656-4
Munar J.
Mousley B.
7-56-2
Bachinger M.
Gonzalez A.
6-16-4
Safranek V.
Collarini A.
7-656-2
Ymer E.[27]
King D.
6-36-4
Kudla D.
Berrettini M.[20]
4-66-37-5
Bhambri Y.[15]
Polansky P.[26]
1-66-36-3
Ruud C.[25]
Escobedo E.[11]
6-26-726-1
Novak D.
Soeda G.
4-66-26-2
Mcdonald M.
Robert S.
7-656-776-4
King K.
Smith J.
6-47-66
Brown D.[17]
Kozlov S.
6-43-66-3
Sonego L.
Tomic B.[29]
6-16-756-4
Pospisil V.[5]
Ramanathan R.[28]
6-44-66-4
Bemelmans R.[13]
Lee D.
6-46-4
Halys Q.[22]
Fratangelo B.[4]
7-56-1
Q2
Safranek V.
Whittington A.
6-26-3
Bourgue M.
Fritz T.[1]
7-630-66-4
Polansky P.[26]
Harrison C.
6-27-5
Escobedo E.[11]
Giannessi A.
6-36-2
Brown D.[17]
Wu D.
3-66-47-616
Ymer E.[27]
Novikov D.
6-736-36-3
Robert S.
Maamoun K.
4-66-24-2
Bhambri Y.[15]
Taberner C.
6-06-2
Bachinger M.
Duckworth J.
6-46-4
Soeda G.
Vatutin A.
6-36-0
Pospisil V.[5]
Napolitano S.
6-16-757-5
Mcdonald M.
Kovalik J.
6-26-2
Lee D.
Dancevic F.
4-67-686-3
Halys Q.[22]
Krstin P.
4-66-36-0
Novak D.
Petrovic D.
6-756-47-5
Berrettini M.[20]
Hurkacz H.
7-656-3
Ruud C.[25]
Popko D.
7-56-3
Sonego L.
Safwat M.
6-37-65
Kozlov S.
Hanfmann Y.[10]
4-67-626-4
Munar J.
Travaglia S.[21]
6-26-2
King D.
Bublik A.[9]
7-56-0
King K.
Kolar Z.
6-17-62
Mousley B.
Ojeda Lara R.
5-76-36-4
Bemelmans R.[13]
Galovic V.
5-76-37-5
Kudla D.
Kamke T.
6-27-5
Ramanathan R.[28]
Sakharov G.
6-47-610
Fratangelo B.[4]
Piros Z.
6-36-4
Smith J.
Norrie C.[6]
6-46-2
Gonzalez A.
Hemery C.
6-36-4
Caruso S.
Gombos N.[24]
3-66-36-3
Collarini A.
Gaio F.
6-36-746-4
Tomic B.[29]
Paul T.
6-06-757-64
Q1
Halys Q.[22]
Trungelliti M.
6-25-77-64
Harrison C.
Opelka R.
7-607-68
King D.
Polmans M.
6-27-63
Novikov D.
Matosevic M.
6-37-63
Bhambri Y.[15]
Schnur B.
1-66-36-4
Gombos N.[24]
Banes M.
6-756-47-65
Tomic B.[29]
Millot V.
6-16-3
Maamoun K.
Arevalo M.
6-25-77-5
Bublik A.[9]
Oliveira G.
6-31-66-3
Piros Z.
Bagnis F.
4-67-676-2
Dancevic F.
Menendez Maceiras A.[18]
3-67-666-3
Safwat M.
Zopp J.
6-46-3
Lee D.
Zhang Z.
6-33-66-3
Collarini A.
Souza J.
6-756-26-4
Ruud C.[25]
Ito T.
4-66-16-4
Taberner C.
Monteiro J.
6-24-67-5
Smith J.
Setkic A.
6-26-756-3
Ojeda Lara R.
Vanni L.
7-683-66-3
Galovic V.
Kecmanovic M.
4-67-656-4
Kozlov S.
Ellis B.
7-634-67-63
Popko D.
Purcell M.
6-47-64
Kolar Z.
Uchiyama Y.
7-656-4
Sonego L.
Monteiro T.[12]
7-56-3
Kamke T.
Gunneswaran P.
4-66-16-2
Bachinger M.
Stakhovsky S.[16]
4-67-646-3
Fritz T.[1]
Groth S.
6-43-67-63
Hemery C.
Brkic T.
6-47-5
Mcdonald M.
Rubin N.
6-16-0
Bourgue M.
De Greef A.
3-66-36-4
Munar J.
Arnaboldi A.
6-26-4
Robert S.
Ofner S.[30]
7-657-5
Soeda G.
Otte O.[23]
6-37-65
Bemelmans R.[13]
Majchrzak K.
7-55-77-5
Whittington A.
Mmoh M.
7-626-1
Fratangelo B.[4]
Krueger M.
7-646-3
Mousley B.
Cecchinato M.[3]
6-37-63
Hanfmann Y.[10]
King E.
6-17-68
Paul T.
Rola B.
6-737-627-65
Giannessi A.
Nagal S.
7-653-66-3
Vatutin A.
Jung J.
6-15-76-2
Pospisil V.[5]
Giustino L.
7-57-65
Kudla D.
Carballes Baena R.[7]
6-37-5
Sakharov G.
Leshem E.
7-646-4
Krstin P.
Pavlasek A.
3-66-37-63
Wu D.
Kelly D.
6-17-63
Ramanathan R.[28]
Klahn B.
6-767-636-2
Polansky P.[26]
Domingues J.
7-626-4
Brown D.[17]
Andreozzi G.
6-33-66-3
Gonzalez A.
Basic M.[19]
7-626-2
Caruso S.
Ilkel C.
6-26-4
Napolitano S.
Sarkissian A.
6-757-644-0
Kovalik J.
Elias G.[8]
6-26-2
Escobedo E.[11]
Andujar P.
6-26-2
Safranek V.
Olivo R.[32]
7-626-2
Duckworth J.
Jasika O.
6-26-4
King K.
Ignatik U.[31]
7-626-2
Hurkacz H.
Gabashvili T.
6-33-66-3
Gaio F.
Laaksonen H.[14]
6-46-3
Berrettini M.[20]
Broady L.
5-76-37-65
Ymer E.[27]
De Schepper K.
6-27-62
Novak D.
Ivashka I.
6-44-67-65
Travaglia S.[21]
Milojevic N.
6-46-756-4
Norrie C.[6]
Peliwo F.
6-16-746-4
Petrovic D.
Mahut N.[2]
7-646-3