Stefanos Tsitsipas def. Jenson Brooksby | ATP Winston-Salem (Hard) Match Stats

Stefanos Tsitsipas def. Jenson Brooksby | ATP Winston-Salem (Hard) Match Stats | TennisRaptor

Tsitsipas edges Brooksby 6-4 7-6 in Winston-Salem opener

Stefanos Tsitsipas came through a tight straight-setter against Jenson Brooksby, 6-4 7-6, in the Round of 32 in Winston-Salem. The Greek's serve was streaky but decisive: he landed only 51.5 percent of first deliveries and coughed up seven double faults, yet won 74 percent of the points behind the first ball and struck seven aces to Brooksby's two. Brooksby was the steadier server on paper, finding 77.3 percent of first serves without a single double fault, but he could convert that accuracy into just 67.2 percent of first-serve points won. That margin, and a second set settled in a tiebreak, sent Tsitsipas through.

ATP Winston-Salem (Hard)

Stefanos Tsitsipas

#53

WINNER

6-47-6

Jenson Brooksby

#73

LOSS

Aces

vs 7

49%

Pts Won

85/172

77%

1st Serve %

52%

67% (39/58)

1st Serve Points Won

74% (37/50)

59% (10/17)

2nd Serve Points Won

51% (24/47)

4/6

Break Points Saved

7/8

1/8

Break Points Converted

2/6

65% (49/75)

Service Points Won

63% (61/97)

26% (13/50)

1st return points won

33% (19/58)

49% (23/47)

2nd return points won

41% (7/17)

37% (36/97)

Return Points Won

35% (26/75)

82% (9/11)

Service Games Won

91% (10/11)

9% (1/11)

Return Games Won

18% (2/11)

BEFORE THE MATCHWe called Stefanos Tsitsipas 65%Right

Brooksby's Blocking Game Meets a Restless Tsitsipas in Winston-Salem

Winston-Salem is the last runway before the US Open, and both men need it for different reasons: Tsitsipas requires matches and ranking oxygen after a stuttering hard-court summer, Brooksby needs proof that his comeback belongs at this level, not below it.

Brooksby's dismantling of Mpetshi Perricard showed the blueprint intact — absorb pace, change height, force the extra ball. That is precisely the diet Tsitsipas dislikes; his narrow losses to Fonseca and Auger-Aliassime came from failing to close tight sets, not from being outhit.

The hard-court Elo gap narrows to 103 points, and Brooksby already owns the head-to-head. Still, Tsitsipas's serve remains the single biggest weapon on court and his form line is marginally cleaner. Lean Tsitsipas, but over three sets and without comfort.

Written and published before this match was played. Kept unedited, whatever the result — including when we got it wrong.