Yannick Mertens vs Michel Vernier — Recanati CH Qualifying Round 1

Recanati CH · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 1
BEL8
Yannick Mertens
39 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLWWLL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 2 July 2018
hard
CHI
Michel Vernier
33 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLLLLL
Mertens Y.
6-2 6-4
Vernier M.
Mertens Y.
662
Vernier M.
240

Yannick Mertens defeated Michel Vernier 6-2 6-4 in the Recanati CH qualifying round 1 on hard. The result followed the form book — Yannick Mertens came in defending last year's round of 16.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Mertens Y.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Vernier M.

Vernier M.serving84% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Mertens Y.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

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
Mertens Y.Vernier M.
1st serve in·Slight edge
67%
60%
1st serve points won·Even
64%
64%
2nd serve points won·Even
53%
51%
Service points won·Even
60%
59%
Return points won·Even
33%
31%
Break points saved·Clear edge
56%
43%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.2
2.9
Double faults / match·Even
2.4
2.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (44 vs 13). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Q3
Setkic A.[1]
Bega A.[6]
6-24-67-5
Artunedo Martinavarro A.
Escoffier A.
6-46-3
Basso A.[7]
Gonzalez A.[4]
6-26-3
Barrios Vera T.
Mertens Y.[8]
7-606-3
Q2
Barrios Vera T.
Rodionov J.[3]
7-673-66-4
Escoffier A.
Xia Z.
6-26-3
Basso A.[7]
Sabanov M.
7-636-3
Gonzalez A.[4]
Ferrari F.
6-37-5
Mertens Y.[8]
Frigerio L.
6-46-4
Artunedo Martinavarro A.
Karatsev A.
7-636-1
Bega A.[6]
Olivieri G.
7-56-3
Setkic A.[1]
Zhang Z.
5-76-46-4
Q1
Escoffier A.
Jankovits Y.[5]
6-36-3
Olivieri G.
Ramazzotti S.
6-36-2
Basso A.[7]
Tepavac M.
6-36-2
Artunedo Martinavarro A.
Wu D.[2]
6-46-766-4
Zhang Z.
Cacic N.
6-756-36-4
Rodionov J.[3]
He Y.
7-636-3
Sabanov M.
Sanchez M.
6-07-5
Gonzalez A.[4]
Mladenov V.
6-46-3
Mertens Y.[8]
Vernier M.
6-26-4
Frigerio L.
Olivetti A.
6-46-2
Barrios Vera T.
Trusendi W.
6-26-2
Xia Z.
Di Nicola G.
7-626-2
Bega A.[6]
Angele J.
6-7116-36-2
Setkic A.[1]
Uzhylovsky V.
6-16-4