Michal Mertinak vs Potito Starace, Nice 2013, Qualifying R1

ATP 250 · Qualifying R1 · Clay · Sun 19 May

Final

Michal Mertinak

LostRank #1403

Starace won in 2 sets · 1h 23m

0–2

Set 16–7⁰

Set 23–6

Potito Starace

WinnerRank #943

Venue

Nice Lawn Tennis Club

Nice, FRA· Clay

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

Very slow

4.5vs last year

Wind

17 km/h

Gentle

Humidity

77%

Humid

Temperature

18°C

Mild

Altitude

36 m

Sea level

Historical daily weather

Match stats

1h 23m

4Aces2

3Double faults0

42Service points won47

10Service games played11

8Service games won10

11Return games played10

0/20%Break points saved50%1/2

1/250%Break points converted100%2/2

Head to head

0Mertinak

1Starace

1 meeting

NiceQualifying R1 · 19 May 2013ClayThis match
Potito Starace
Sets won: 2Set 1: 7⁷Set 2: 6
Michal Mertinak
Sets won: 0Set 1: 6⁰Set 2: 3

Form and path

Michal Mertinak3–3

CasablancaClay

AucklandHard

LQualifying R1
Colin Fleming
Sets won: 2Set 1: 7⁷Set 2: 6¹Set 3: 7⁷
Michal Mertinak
Sets won: 1Set 1: 6⁴Set 2: 7⁷Set 3: 6⁴

Bratislava CHHard

Potito Starace

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Michal Mertinak vs Potito Starace, Nice 2013, Qualifying R1

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Venue and conditions

Match stats

Head to head

Form and path

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