Fabrice Santoro vs Sjeng Schalken, Dubai 2003, Round of 16

ATP Intl Gold · Round of 16 · Hard · Wed 26 Feb

Final

Fabrice Santoro

LostRank #1422.2042%

Schalken won in 3 sets · 2h 57m

1–2

Set 16–3

Set 26–7²

Set 36–7⁵

Sjeng Schalken

WinnerRank #6771.6158%

Venue

Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium

Dubai, UAE· Hard

Court speed

What is court speed?

How much the court helps the server, judged from aces and serve points won and adjusted for who played. 100 is the average ATP tournament court that season.

Very slow< 92Monte Carlo, Rome
Slow92–97Roland Garros, Indian Wells
Average97–103US Open, Dubai
Fast103–108Wimbledon, Shanghai
Very fast108+Basel

Challenger and ITF courts usually read lower: partly the venues, partly the balls and conditions at those levels.

How court speed works

Average

0.9vs last year

Wind

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No reading

Humidity

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No reading

Temperature

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No reading

Altitude

10 m

Sea level

Match stats

2h 57m

8Aces1

2Double faults1

91Service points won70

17Service games played16

15Service games won13

16Return games played17

21/2391%Break points saved50%3/6

3/650%Break points converted9%2/23

Head to head

0Santoro

3Schalken

3 meetings

Hard 0–2Clay 0–1

DubaiRound of 16 · 26 Feb 2003HardThis match
Sjeng Schalken
Sets won: 2Set 1: 3Set 2: 7⁷Set 3: 7⁷
Fabrice Santoro
Sets won: 1Set 1: 6Set 2: 6²Set 3: 6⁵
DubaiRound of 16 · 3 Mar 2004Hard
Sjeng Schalken
Sets won: 2Set 1: 5Set 2: 6Set 3: 6
Fabrice Santoro
Sets won: 1Set 1: 7Set 2: 4Set 3: 4
Roland GarrosRound of 64 · 29 May 2003Clay
Sjeng Schalken
Sets won: 3Set 1: 6Set 2: 6Set 3: 6
Fabrice Santoro
Sets won: 0Set 1: 1Set 2: 3Set 3: 4

Match research

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Run-inEvery match in the last 28 days, rest days and travel between venues.
Tale of the tapeRecords and serve numbers side by side, filtered by period and surface.
Record by opponent rankingHow each player does against the top 10, top 50 or any ranking range.
Similar conditionsResults in comparable heat, humidity, wind and altitude before scheduled matches.

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Fabrice Santoro vs Sjeng Schalken, Dubai 2003, Round of 16

Final score

Venue and conditions

Match stats

Head to head

Match research