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Ivo Karlovic #98 def. Kristian Pless #84

7-6(3) 7-6(2)

Match Information

Date	Jan 5, 2007*
Tournament	Chennai
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Ivo Karlovic
Score	7-6(3) 7-6(2)
Loser	Kristian Pless
Duration	1h 26m

Stat	Ivo Karlovic	Kristian Pless
Aces	26	6
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	71	69
First serve points won %	86	77
Second serve points won %	52	67
Break points saved %	50	0
Break points converted %	100	50
Service points won %	76	74
Return points won %	26	24
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivo Karlovic	Kristian Pless
Country	CRO	DEN
Birth date	Feb 28, 1979	Feb 9, 1981
Age	27	25
Height	211	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	98	84
Ranking points (entering)	431	481
Elo (entering)	1,640	1,653
Career W-L	357–333	43–81
Career earnings	$10,160,232	$1,127,884

Pre-match H2H

Ivo Karlovic 1 – 0 Kristian Pless

Path

Ivo Karlovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 2007	R32	Prakash Amritraj	7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Ivo Karlovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2007	QF	Carlos Moya	4-6 6-7(6)	L	H2H	Match data

Kristian Pless's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 2007	R32	David Nalbandian	2-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data