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Potito Starace v David Ferrer: stats compared | Lineball
Ferrer wins on sets won. Starace’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Starace 339 matches, Ferrer 1,078 matches.
Starace averages 1.4 double faults a match to Ferrer’s 2.6.
Starace has the better first serve in %: 72.3 to Ferrer’s 62.9.
Ferrer averages 1.6 sets won a match to Starace’s 1.1 (44% more).
Winners’ edge: Ferrer’s team won 65%, Starace’s team won 43% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Ferrer has 1,078 matches across 18 seasons, Starace 339 in 12 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (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 game0.027 total · best 1
72.3First serve in %62.9
65.6First-serve points won %68.7
61.1Break points saved %60.0
36.4Return points won %41.9
2.5843 total · best 14Acesper game2.72,914 total · best 21
11.63,922 total · best 27
Head to head
06 matches since 20056
Clay · 5 matchesStarace 0Ferrer 5
Hard · 1 matchStarace 0Ferrer 1
Last meetings
31 Oct 2010 · Valencia · Quarterfinal · HardFerrer won 7-5 6-4
25 Apr 2010 · ATP Masters 1000 Rome · Round of 32 · ClayFerrer won 7-5 6-2
22 Feb 2010 · Acapulco · Round of 32 · ClayFerrer won 6-2 6-4
20 Apr 2009 · Barcelona · Round of 16 · ClayFerrer won 4-6 7-5 6-2
18 May 2008 · World Team Championship · Round robin · ClayFerrer won 6-3 3-6 6-3
25 July 2005 · Umag · Round of 32 · ClayFerrer won 6-3 3-6 6-2
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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Games wonper game
13.214,219 total · best 34
39.9Break points converted %43.4
44.7Sets won %61.6
48.5Games won %54.6
0.04 total · best 1Finalsper game0.152 total · best 1
1.1370 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.61,689 total · best 3
1.4457 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better1.01,051 total · best 3
12.34,172 total · best 29Games lostper game · lower is better11.011,833 total · best 31
0.4132 total · best 3Tiebreaksper game0.3318 total · best 3
1.4483 total · best 8Double faultsper game · lower is better2.62,766 total · best 14