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Nicolas Lapentti v Fernando Verdasco: stats compared | Lineball
Verdasco wins on first serve in %. Lapentti’s case rests on titles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Lapentti 564 matches, Verdasco 992 matches.
Lapentti has 5 titles (one every 33.3 matches) to Verdasco’s 7 titles (one every 50 matches).
Lapentti averages 2.6 double faults a match to Verdasco’s 3.9.
Verdasco has the better first serve in %: 67 to Lapentti’s 60.5.
Longevity: Verdasco has 992 matches across 22 seasons, Lapentti 564 in 16 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles): 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.
0.05 total · best 1Titlesper game0.07 total · best 1
60.5First serve in %67.0
70.2First-serve points won %70.7
59.3Break points saved %62.6
38.3Return points won %38.1
4.82,685 total · best 20Acesper game5.45,396 total · best 28
Head to head
27 matches since 20055
Clay · 5 matchesLapentti 1Verdasco 4
Hard · 1 matchLapentti 1Verdasco 0
Carpet · 1 matchLapentti 0Verdasco 1
Last meetings
20 Apr 2009 · Barcelona · Round of 32 · ClayVerdasco won 7-5 6-3
28 July 2008 · ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati · Round of 16 · HardLapentti won 6-3 7-5
5 May 2008 · ATP Masters 1000 Rome · Round of 32 · ClayVerdasco won 6-2 5-7 6-2
28 Apr 2008 · Barcelona · Round of 64 · ClayLapentti won 6-3 6-4
14 Apr 2008 · Valencia · Round of 32 · ClayVerdasco won 5-7 6-3 6-4
24 July 2006 · Kitzbuhel · Quarterfinal · ClayVerdasco won 6-4 6-4
31 Oct 2005 · ATP Masters 1000 Paris · Round of 64 · CarpetVerdasco won 6-7(5) 7-5 7-5
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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12.57,072 total · best 31
Games wonper game
13.313,200 total · best 35
39.6Break points converted %40.1
48.7Sets won %54.4
49.7Games won %51.9
0.012 total · best 1Finalsper game0.023 total · best 1
1.3708 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.41,407 total · best 3
1.3745 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better1.21,180 total · best 3
12.77,161 total · best 30Games lostper game · lower is better12.412,252 total · best 32
0.4214 total · best 3Tiebreaksper game0.5443 total · best 3
2.61,481 total · best 13Double faultsper game · lower is better3.93,868 total · best 20