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Potito Starace v Juan Carlos Ferrero: stats compared | Lineball
Carlos Ferrero wins on first-serve points won %. Starace’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Starace 339 matches, Carlos Ferrero 717 matches.
Carlos Ferrero averages 3.9 aces a match to Starace’s 2.5 (58% more).
Carlos Ferrero averages 1.6 sets won a match to Starace’s 1.1 (43% more).
Starace has the better first serve in %: 72.3 to Carlos Ferrero’s 64.
Winners’ edge: Carlos Ferrero’s team won 64%, Starace’s team won 43% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Carlos Ferrero has 717 matches across 14 seasons, Starace 339 in 12 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, grand slam titles, finals): those averages use only the games that logged them.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
–Titlesper game0.016 total · best 1
–Grand Slam titlesper game0.01 total · best 1
72.3First serve in %64.0
65.6First-serve points won %69.1
61.1Break points saved %62.5
36.4Return points won %39.7
2.5843 total · best 14Acesper game
Head to head
17 matches since 20066
Clay · 7 matchesStarace 1Ferrero 6
Finals · 1 matchStarace 0Ferrero 1
Last meetings
26 July 2010 · Umag · Final · ClayFerrero won 6-4 6-4
27 July 2009 · Umag · Round of 16 · ClayFerrero won 1-6 6-3 6-2
6 Apr 2009 · Casablanca · Round of 16 · ClayFerrero won 6-4 7-6(1)
7 May 2007 · ATP Masters 1000 Rome · Round of 32 · ClayStarace won 6-2 3-6 6-2
26 Feb 2007 · Acapulco · Round of 32 · ClayFerrero won 7-6(3) 4-6 6-3
12 Feb 2007 · Costa do Sauipe · Quarterfinal · ClayFerrero won 5-7 6-2 6-2
13 Feb 2006 · Buenos Aires · Quarterfinal · ClayFerrero won 6-3 7-5
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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3.9
2,825 total · best 27
11.63,922 total · best 27Games wonper game13.59,706 total · best 31
39.9Break points converted %40.3
44.7Sets won %59.9
48.5Games won %53.2
0.04 total · best 1Finalsper game0.134 total · best 1
1.1370 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.61,116 total · best 3
1.4457 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better1.0746 total · best 3
12.34,172 total · best 29Games lostper game · lower is better11.98,555 total · best 34
0.4132 total · best 3Tiebreaksper game0.4298 total · best 3