Luke Saville vs Go Soeda — Launceston CH Round of 16

Launceston CH · CHALLENGER · Round of 16
AUS
Luke Saville
32 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLLLLLW
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 28 January 2019
hard
JPN11
Go Soeda
41 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLWW
Saville L.
6-4 6-2
Soeda G.
Saville L.
662
Soeda G.
420

Luke Saville defeated Go Soeda 6-4 6-2 in the Launceston CH round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Go Soeda came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, but Luke Saville had been the form player, winning 1 of their last 6 on hard. Luke Saville claimed a first win over Go Soeda in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2013-01-14Australian OpenR128hardGo Soeda6-7(4) 6-3 6-2 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Saville L.serving82% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Soeda G.

Soeda G.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Saville L.

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
Saville L.Soeda G.
1st serve in·Even
60%
60%
1st serve points won·Even
70%
70%
2nd serve points won·Even
50%
52%
Service points won·Even
62%
62%
Return points won·Even
36%
37%
Break points saved·Even
60%
58%
Aces / match·Slight edge
4.4
3.6
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.5
2.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (146 vs 130). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Saville L.Soeda G.
Clutch Rating·Even
19
23
Break points saved·Slight edge
69
61
Break points won·Even
10
14
Deciding sets·Clear edge
29
46
Tiebreaks·Even
30
26

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