Joao Sousa #48 def. Marco Cecchinato #20

7-5 6-3

Joao Sousa defeated Marco Cecchinato 7-5 6-3 in the 2018 Paris Masters first round on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 31, 2018*
Tournament: Paris Masters
Edition: 2018
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Hard
Round: R64
Duration: 1h 18m

Match Statistics

Stat	Joao Sousa	Marco Cecchinato
Aces	5	5
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	58	59
First serve points won %	85	58
Second serve points won %	62	61
Break points saved %	100	57
Break points converted %	43	0
Service points won %	75	59
Return points won %	41	25
Total points won %	55	45

Player Comparison

Field	Joao Sousa	Marco Cecchinato
Country	POR	ITA
Birth date	Mar 30, 1989	Sep 30, 1992
Age	29	26
Height	185 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	48	20
Ranking points (entering)	1,017	1,829
Elo (entering)	1,766	1,788
Current career W-L	190–250	79–128
Current career earnings	$8,340,548	$5,325,070

Pre-match H2H

Joao Sousa #48 0 – 0 Marco Cecchinato #20

Path

Joao Sousa's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Tennys Sandgren #62	6-7(1) 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 29, 2018	Q2
Gregoire Barrere #141	6-7(2) 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 29, 2018	Q1

Joao Sousa's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Novak Djokovic #2	5-7 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 1, 2018	R32

Marco Cecchinato's path

No prior matches in this tournament.