Nicola Kuhn vs Andrew Whittington — Launceston CH Round of 64

Launceston CH · CHALLENGER · Round of 64
GER
Nicola Kuhn
#1540ATP
26 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWLLWWW
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 28 January 2019
hard
AUS
Andrew Whittington
32 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLLLLW
Kuhn N.
6-1 7-5
Whittington A.
Kuhn N.
672
Whittington A.
150

Nicola Kuhn defeated Andrew Whittington 6-1 7-5 in the Launceston CH round of 64 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Andrew Whittington came in defending last year's round of 16, but Nicola Kuhn had been the form player, winning 3 of their last 4 on hard.

Key context

  • Match story: Nicola Kuhn came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 6–1 7–5.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Statistics

This season
Kuhn N.Whittington A.
1st serve in·
61%
—
1st serve points won·
67%
—
2nd serve points won·
51%
—
Service points won·
60%
—
Return points won·
38%
—
Break points saved·
58%
—
Aces / match·
3.3
—
Double faults / match·
2.2
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Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window. ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Kuhn N.Whittington A.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
14
20
Break points saved·Clear edge
56
69
Break points won·Even
17
15
Deciding sets·Clear edge
10
22
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
57
36

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

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Final
Harris L.[1]
Giustino L.[12]
6-26-2
Semi-finals
Giustino L.[12]
Saville L.
7-652-67-5
Harris L.[1]
Sela D.[16]
6-36-3
Quarter-finals
Giustino L.[12]
Clarke J.[15]
3-67-54-1
Sela D.[16]
Purcell M.
7-667-5
Saville L.
Lamasine T.
6-46-4
Harris L.[1]
Kuhn N.
6-47-63
R16
Sela D.[16]
Martinez P.[3]
6-45-1
Saville L.
Soeda G.[11]
6-46-2
Clarke J.[15]
Ito T.[2]
6-26-737-5
Giustino L.[12]
Banes M.
7-6106-3
Harris L.[1]
Bourchier H.
6-36-3
Lamasine T.
Yang T.
6-36-2
Purcell M.
Takahashi Y.
6-46-4
Kuhn N.
Ofner S.[5]
7-626-3
R32
Yang T.
Clezar G.[14]
7-57-62
Ofner S.[5]
Lopez Perez E.
4-4
Harris L.[1]
Ellis B.
6-26-3
Purcell M.
Napolitano S.[9]
7-56-2
Sela D.[16]
Harris A.
6-36-2
Ito T.[2]
Grills J.
6-26-4
Clarke J.[15]
Shimizu Y.
7-56-1
Giustino L.[12]
Chung Y.
6-36-716-3
Banes M.
Robert S.[8]
6-37-67
Lamasine T.
Polmans M.[4]
6-34-66-3
Soeda G.[11]
Perez Sanz D.
6-03-66-2
Takahashi Y.
Moriya H.[6]
6-36-4
Martinez P.[3]
Nguyen D.
7-57-62
Kuhn N.
Gaio F.[10]
6-16-4
Bourchier H.
Moroni G.[13]
7-656-3
Saville L.
Safwat M.[7]
6-26-4
R64
Shimizu Y.
Santillan A.
6-43-2
Bourchier H.
Mousley B.
7-631-0
Lamasine T.
Tokuda R.
6-46-1
Takahashi Y.
Altmaier D.
4-66-46-4
Grills J.
Bega A.
6-726-26-3
Chung Y.
Statham J.
6-46-3
Banes M.
Ochi M.
6-16-1
Yang T.
Vukic A.
6-36-2
Perez Sanz D.
Samper Montana J.
6-36-3
Saville L.
Zhurbin A.
6-26-2
Harris A.
Hijikata R.
1-67-656-3
Nguyen D.
Kelly D.
6-32-67-5
Lopez Perez E.
Fanselow S.
6-46-2
Kuhn N.
Whittington A.
6-17-5
Purcell M.
Diez S.
6-36-3
Ellis B.
Oconnell C.
7-646-4