Potito Starace #64 def. Juan Ignacio Chela #56

6-7(4) 6-3 6-2

Potito Starace defeated Juan Ignacio Chela 6-7(4) 6-3 6-2 in the 2010 Croatia Open Umag semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Jul 31, 2010*
Tournament: Croatia Open Umag
Edition: 2010
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Clay
Round: SF
Duration: 2h 28m

Match Statistics

Stat	Potito Starace	Juan Ignacio Chela
Aces	1	0
Double faults	0	6
First serve %	70	60
First serve points won %	59	59
Second serve points won %	66	40
Break points saved %	82	30
Break points converted %	70	18
Service points won %	61	52
Return points won %	48	39
Total points won %	55	45

Player Comparison

Field	Potito Starace	Juan Ignacio Chela
Country	ITA	ARG
Birth date	Jul 14, 1981	Aug 30, 1979
Age	29	30
Height	188 cm	190 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	64	56
Ranking points (entering)	760	853
Elo (entering)	1,766	1,809
Current career W-L	147–189	307–270
Current career earnings	$3,796,316	$6,572,494

Pre-match H2H

Potito Starace #64 2 – 3 Juan Ignacio Chela #56

Path

Potito Starace's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Ivan Ljubicic #16	6-4 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 31, 2010	QF
Bjorn Phau #97	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 30, 2010	R16
Sergiy Stakhovsky #48	6-3 6-7(5) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 29, 2010	R32

Potito Starace's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Juan Carlos Ferrero #22	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 1, 2010	F

Juan Ignacio Chela's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Nikolay Davydenko #6	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 31, 2010	QF
Simone Bolelli #109	7-6(5) 6-7(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 30, 2010	R16
Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo #90	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 29, 2010	R32