R16 Nice 2012

John Isner #11 def. Xavier Malisse #80

7-6(3) 7-6(5)

John Isner defeated Xavier Malisse 7-6(3) 7-6(5) in the 2012 Nice round of 16 on clay courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatJohn IsnerXavier Malisse
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
137
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
02
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
75.0%64.5%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
85.2%77.6%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
61.1%66.7%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
79.2%73.7%
Returning
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
26.3%20.8%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
52.0%48.0%
Match Serve+This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+16.2+10.7
Match Return+This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
-10.7-16.2

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 2012 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldJohn IsnerXavier Malisse
Country USA BEL
Birth dateApr 26, 1985Jul 19, 1980
Age2731
Height208 cm185 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)1180
Ranking points (entering)2,620631
Elo (entering)1,9971,728
Current career W-L470–294282–266
Current career earnings$22,433,361$5,702,871
Pre-match H2H
John Isner #11 0 – 2 Xavier Malisse #80

Path

John Isner's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

John Isner's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Nikolay Davydenko #534-6 6-7(4)LH2HMatch dataMay 25, 2012QF

Xavier Malisse's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Yen-Hsun Lu #597-5 6-4WH2HMatch dataMay 23, 2012R32