Kevin Anderson vs Jan Mertl — Australian Open Q32

Australian Open · ATP · Q32

RSA

Kevin Anderson

40 yrs · 203 cm · Right-handed

Last 10 · pre-match

LWLWLLWWLW

2 — 1

Sets

Saturday, 12 January 2008 · 11:00

hard

CZE

Jan Mertl

44 yrs · 190 cm · Right-handed

Last 10 · pre-match

LLWLWWLWWL

Anderson K.

3-6 7-6 6-4

Mertl J.

Anderson K.

37⁷62

Mertl J.

66⁵41

Kevin Anderson defeated Jan Mertl 3-6 7-6 6-4 in the Australian Open q32 on hard.

Key context

Match story: Kevin Anderson dropped the opening set before beating Jan Mertl 3–6 7–6 6–4.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season

Anderson K.serving93% hold

wins 73% of points on serve vs Mertl J.

Mertl J.serving90% hold

wins 70% of points on serve vs Anderson K.

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

Statistics

This season

Anderson K.Mertl J.

1st serve in·Even

64%

62%

1st serve points won·Slight edge

79%

73%

2nd serve points won·Even

53%

49%

Service points won·Slight edge

70%

64%

Return points won·Even

33%

36%

Break points saved·Even

67%

63%

Aces / match·Dominant

15.6

7.0

Double faults / match·Even

2.9

2.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 128). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed

Fastbig serves, short points

SlowFast

Kevin Anderson vs Jan Mertl — Australian Open Q32

Key context

Head to head

Serve vs return

Statistics

Conditions

Draw

Serve vs return