Blaz Rola vs Tennys Sandgren — Knoxville CH Round of 16

Knoxville CH · CHALLENGER · Round of 16
SLO
Blaz Rola
35 yrs · 193 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLLWLWW
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 5 November 2018
hard
USA1
Tennys Sandgren
34 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWWWW
Rola B.
6-4 6-4
Sandgren T.
Rola B.
662
Sandgren T.
440

Blaz Rola defeated Tennys Sandgren 6-4 6-4 in the Knoxville CH round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Tennys Sandgren came in defending last year's round of 32.

Key context

  • Match story: Blaz Rola edged a tight contest from start to finish — 6–4 6–4.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Rola B.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Sandgren T.

Sandgren T.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Rola B.

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
Rola B.Sandgren T.
1st serve in·Even
63%
61%
1st serve points won·Even
70%
74%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
49%
Service points won·Even
63%
64%
Return points won·Even
38%
35%
Break points saved·Even
60%
60%
Aces / match·Clear edge
5.8
8.6
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.4
2.8

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Rola B.Sandgren T.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
17
36
Break points saved·Slight edge
81
92
Break points won·Even
5
2
Deciding sets·Clear edge
6
28
Tiebreaks·Dominant
51
86

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
Final
Opelka R.[8]
Fratangelo B.
7-54-67-62
Semi-finals
Opelka R.[8]
Milojevic N.
6-36-4
Fratangelo B.
Eubanks C.
7-646-4
Quarter-finals
Opelka R.[8]
Mmoh M.[4]
W/O
Eubanks C.
Karlovskiy E.
4-1
Fratangelo B.
Smyczek T.[5]
6-26-1
Milojevic N.
Rola B.
6-46-2
R16
Mmoh M.[4]
Ymer M.
6-36-2
Rola B.
Sandgren T.[1]
6-46-4
Opelka R.[8]
Redlicki M.
7-6107-66
Smyczek T.[5]
Koepfer D.
6-47-64
Karlovskiy E.
Klahn B.[3]
5-76-46-4
Eubanks C.
Polansky P.[7]
6-36-4
Milojevic N.
Jung J.[6]
6-06-4
Fratangelo B.
Kamke T.
7-646-746-4
R32
Eubanks C.
Wolf J.
7-56-736-4
Mmoh M.[4]
Song E.
6-26-3
Koepfer D.
Krueger M.
6-12-66-2
Smyczek T.[5]
Smith J.
3-66-36-2
Polansky P.[7]
Harrison C.
6-26-2
Opelka R.[8]
Gomez E.
6-26-3
Redlicki M.
Arevalo M.
7-656-4
Ymer M.
Majchrzak K.
6-46-4
Fratangelo B.
Paul T.
6-46-4
Jung J.[6]
Stodder T.
6-16-3
Milojevic N.
Serdarusic N.
6-26-4
Sandgren T.[1]
Laaksonen H.
6-36-0
Klahn B.[3]
Aragone J.
6-27-67
Kamke T.
Granollers M.[2]
6-43-66-4
Rola B.
Quiroz R.
7-646-4