Joao Sousa vs Horacio Zeballos — Rome Masters Qualifying Round 1

Rome Masters · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 1
POR
Joao Sousa
37 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWWLLWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 14 May 2018
clay
ARG
Horacio Zeballos
41 yrs · 188 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLWWWW
Sousa J.
6-4 6-0
Zeballos H.
Sousa J.
662
Zeballos H.
40–

Joao Sousa defeated Horacio Zeballos 6-4 6-0 in the Rome Masters qualifying round 1 on clay. The result followed the form book — Joao Sousa came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. Joao Sousa extended the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

Head to head

2–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2018-05-14Rome MastersQ1clayJoao Sousa6-4 6-0
2017-04-24BarcelonaR32clayHoracio Zeballos7-6(3) 7-5
2017-02-13Buenos AiresR32clayJoao Sousa6-2 7-6(4)

Serve vs return

This season
Sousa J.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Zeballos H.

Zeballos H.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Sousa J.

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
Sousa J.Zeballos H.
1st serve in·Even
62%
63%
1st serve points won·Even
69%
72%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
52%
Service points won·Even
61%
64%
Return points won·Slight edge
37%
32%
Break points saved·Slight edge
59%
65%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.4
6.2
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.0
2.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 30). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Sousa J.Zeballos H.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
35
45
Break points saved·Even
91
89
Break points won·Even
14
17
Deciding sets·Slight edge
48
57
Tiebreaks·Dominant
23
58

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

Conditions

Court speed
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast

Draw — qualifying

Q2
Baldi F.
Garcia Lopez G.
4-66-47-65
Tiafoe F.
Troicki V.
W/O
Delbonis F.
Zverev M.
3-66-36-4
Basilashvili N.
Benneteau J.
3-67-56-4
Tsitsipas S.
Lajovic D.
7-696-4
Jaziri M.
Youzhny M.
6-43-66-3
Jarry N.
Sousa J.
6-46-3
Q1
Tsitsipas S.
Kukushkin M.
5-76-37-65
Delbonis F.
Norrie C.
6-26-0
Zverev M.
Pellegrino A.
6-16-2
Sousa J.
Zeballos H.
6-46-0
Lajovic D.
Mayer F.
7-53-66-2
Jaziri M.
Donskoy E.
6-36-2
Youzhny M.
Fritz T.
6-43-66-4
Troicki V.
Fabbiano T.
7-56-3
Tiafoe F.
Caruso S.
3-67-56-4
Garcia Lopez G.
Bemelmans R.
6-36-1
Basilashvili N.
Copil M.
6-43-66-2
Baldi F.
Fucsovics M.
7-646-757-5
Benneteau J.
Caruana L.
6-26-0
Jarry N.
Kicker N.
6-737-57-67