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Potito Starace v Nicolas Almagro: stats compared | Lineball
Almagro 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, Almagro 663 matches.
Starace has the better first serve in %: 72.3 to Almagro’s 58.
Almagro averages 8.2 aces a match to Starace’s 2.5 — 3.3 times as many.
Starace averages 1.4 double faults a match to Almagro’s 2.5.
Winners’ edge: Almagro’s team won 59%, Starace’s team won 43% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Almagro has 663 matches across 16 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 game0.013 total · best 1
72.3First serve in %58.0
65.6First-serve points won %74.8
61.1Break points saved %61.9
36.4Return points won %37.1
2.5843 total · best 14Acesper game8.25,433 total · best 48
11.63,922 total · best 27
Head to head
18 matches since 20067
Clay · 6 matchesStarace 1Almagro 5
Hard · 2 matchesStarace 0Almagro 2
Grand Slams · 1 matchStarace 0Almagro 1
Finals · 1 matchStarace 0Almagro 1
Last meetings
15 Apr 2012 · ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo · Round of 32 · ClayAlmagro won 7-6(3) 6-1
20 Feb 2012 · Buenos Aires · Round of 32 · ClayAlmagro won 4-6 6-3 7-6(4)
30 Aug 2010 · US Open · Round of 128 · HardAlmagro won 4-6 6-4 6-4 7-6(5)
13 July 2009 · Bastad · Round of 16 · ClayAlmagro won 2-6 6-1 6-1
23 Feb 2009 · Acapulco · Round of 16 · ClayAlmagro won 7-6(1) 6-7(5) 6-3
9 Apr 2007 · Valencia · Final · ClayAlmagro won 4-6 6-2 6-1
19 Mar 2007 · ATP Masters 1000 Miami · Round of 64 · HardAlmagro won
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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Games wonper game
13.28,757 total · best 33
39.9Break points converted %38.9
44.7Sets won %56.8
48.5Games won %52.2
0.04 total · best 1Finalsper game0.023 total · best 1
1.1370 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.4947 total · best 3
1.4457 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better1.1721 total · best 3
12.34,172 total · best 29Games lostper game · lower is better12.18,015 total · best 31
0.4132 total · best 3Tiebreaksper game0.5337 total · best 3
1.4483 total · best 8Double faultsper game · lower is better2.51,647 total · best 13
7-6(2) 6-3
22 May 2006 · Poertschach · Round of 16 · ClayStarace won 4-6 6-4 6-1