Joao Sousa vs Benoit Paire — Drummondville CH Round of 16

Drummondville CH · CHALLENGER · Round of 16
POR
Joao Sousa
37 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWWLLWWL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 13 November 2023
hard
FRA3
Benoit Paire
#1096ATP
1362ELO
1336Hard ELO
37 yrs · 196 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLW
Sousa J.
6-1 7-6
Paire B.
Sousa J.
6772
Paire B.
1640

Joao Sousa defeated Benoit Paire 6-1 7-6 in the Drummondville CH round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Benoit Paire came in leading the head-to-head 3–2, but Joao Sousa had been the form player, winning 2 of their last 5 on hard. Joao Sousa narrowed the head-to-head to 3–3.

Key context

  • Match story: Joao Sousa came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 6–1 7–6.

Head to head

2–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2018-10-08Shanghai MastersQ2hardBenoit Paire6-7(4) 6-4 6-4
2017-10-16AntwerpR32hardJoao Sousa6-4 6-7(2) 7-5
2016-10-10Shanghai MastersR64hardBenoit Paire6-3 5-7 6-1
2016-04-11Monte Carlo MastersR32clayBenoit Paire6-4 6-3
2015-10-26ValenciaR16hardJoao Sousa6-3 2-6 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Sousa J.serving78% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Paire B.

Paire B.serving76% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Sousa J.

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
Sousa J.Paire B.
1st serve in·Slight edge
63%
52%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
68%
74%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
50%
44%
Service points won·Even
62%
59%
Return points won·Even
37%
39%
Break points saved·Even
57%
57%
Aces / match·Dominant
2.2
6.8
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.8
6.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (63 vs 147). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Sousa J.Paire B.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
35
48
Break points saved·Even
91
90
Break points won·Clear edge
14
31
Deciding sets·Slight edge
48
53
Tiebreaks·Dominant
23
58

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

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Sousa J.
6.2
Even matchUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
Paire B.
4.3
Heavy underdogUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
  • Recent retirement (−1.5)
Form & Matchup
5.0
H2H
5.0
5.2
Surface form
4.1
0.0
Win streak
0.0
Fatigue & Travel
4.4
Minutes 14d
6.9
0.0
3-set count
7.0
7.0
Prev. match
7.0
Context
5.0
Defending pts
5.0

The Umpiry Score combines match-context factors — matchup, form, fatigue, travel and motivation — into a single 0–10 score, updated daily. Read how it works.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Final
Bergs Z.[6]
Duckworth J.[2]
6-47-5
Semi-finals
Bergs Z.[6]
Vrbensky M.
W/O
Duckworth J.[2]
Tu L.
6-46-3
Quarter-finals
Duckworth J.[2]
Peniston R.[5]
4-66-36-4
Tu L.
Sousa J.
6-47-5
Bergs Z.[6]
Koepfer D.[1]
6-44-67-5
Vrbensky M.
Dougaz A.[8]
6-23-66-4
R16
Peniston R.[5]
Martin D.
6-20-0
Tu L.
Galarneau A.[7]
7-656-2
Dougaz A.[8]
Broom C.
3-66-46-1
Koepfer D.[1]
Pieczkowski O.
6-46-4
Duckworth J.[2]
Kwiatkowski T.
6-16-736-3
Vrbensky M.
Draxl L.
6-746-37-5
Bergs Z.[6]
George B.
6-36-2
Sousa J.
Paire B.[3]
6-17-64
R32
Martin D.
Kotzen A.
2-1
Duckworth J.[2]
Kingsley C.
7-56-727-65
Koepfer D.[1]
Wiedenmann L.
5-76-26-2
Broom C.
Boulais J.
7-644-66-2
Kwiatkowski T.
Hussey G.
7-640-67-5
Peniston R.[5]
Pannu K.
6-36-1
Sousa J.
Samuel T.
3-66-06-3
Tu L.
Janvier M.
4-67-636-3
Galarneau A.[7]
Jorda Sanchis D.
6-33-66-4
Vrbensky M.
Markes C.
6-43-66-3
George B.
Lock B.
6-17-5
Paire B.[3]
Aguilar J.
6-36-4
Dougaz A.[8]
Kasnikowski M.
6-43-67-5
Draxl L.
Diez S.
6-46-776-1
Pieczkowski O.
Paulson A.
4-66-36-1
Bergs Z.[6]
Saville L.
6-16-1