Jan Lennard Struff vs Alexander ZverevIndian Wells Masters Round of 32

Indian Wells Masters · ATP · Round of 32
#41ATP
1694ELO
1634Hard ELO
$492kYTD
$13MCAREER
36 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWLWLWL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 4 March 2019
hard
#2ATP
2100ELO
2042Hard ELO
$6.5MYTD
$66MCAREER
29 yrs · 198 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWWWLWW
Struff J.
6-3 6-1
Zverev A.
Struff J.
662
Zverev A.
310

Jan Lennard Struff defeated Alexander Zverev 6-3 6-1 in the Indian Wells Masters round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Alexander Zverev came in ranked #2, leading the head-to-head 4–0, defending last year's round of 64. Jan Lennard Struff claimed a first win over Alexander Zverev in five meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 4–1.

Key context

Head to head

04
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2018-04-30MunichQFclayAlexander Zverev6-3 6-2
2018-04-16Monte Carlo MastersR16clayAlexander Zverev6-4 4-6 6-4
2017-05-01MunichQFclayAlexander Zverev3-6 7-6(3) 7-6(5)
2016-04-18BarcelonaR64clayAlexander Zverev6-4 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Struff J.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Zverev A.

Zverev A.serving91% hold

wins 71% of points on serve vs Struff J.

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

Serve & return on hard

Struff J.Zverev A.
36
Serve
71
40
Return
42

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
1st serve in·Clear edge
59%
72%
1st serve points won·Even
76%
75%
2nd serve points won·Even
51%
54%
Service points won·Even
65%
69%
Return points won·Even
37%
38%
Break points saved·Even
64%
64%
Aces / match·Even
8.8
8.5
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.4
1.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 199). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Clutch Rating·Dominant
61
94
Break points saved·Even
99
100
Break points won·Dominant
21
90
Deciding sets·Dominant
68
99
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
94
100

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

Freshness

Recent load
Freshness·Dominant
64
39

Struff J.: 6 days rest · 1 match, 34 games (7d) · Zverev A.: 1 day rest · 4 matches, 148 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
21°COvercast
Wind 6 km/hHumidity 32%