Giannessi v Montanes

Albert Montanes takes it, 9–4 on categories

Montanes wins on first-serve points won %. Giannessi’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Giannessi 35 matches, Montanes 542 matches.

• Montanes averages 3.1 double faults a match to Giannessi’s 4.4.
• Montanes averages 1.3 sets lost a match to Giannessi’s 1.7.
• Giannessi has the better first serve in %: 65.3 to Montanes’s 60.3.
• Winners’ edge: Montanes’s team won 47%, Giannessi’s team won 34% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Montanes has 542 matches across 17 seasons, Giannessi 35 in 10 — 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.