Philipp Kohlschreiber #29 def. Denis Istomin #57

6-2 4-6 6-4

Philipp Kohlschreiber defeated Denis Istomin 6-2 4-6 6-4 in the 2014 Dusseldorf semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: May 23, 2014*
Tournament: Dusseldorf
Edition: 2014
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Clay
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 55m

Match Statistics

Stat	Philipp Kohlschreiber	Denis Istomin
Aces	3	3
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	66	75
First serve points won %	78	69
Second serve points won %	62	35
Break points saved %	67	75
Break points converted %	25	33
Service points won %	73	60
Return points won %	40	27
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Philipp Kohlschreiber	Denis Istomin
Country	GER	UZB
Birth date	Oct 16, 1983	Sep 7, 1986
Age	30	27
Height	178	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	29	57
Ranking points (entering)	1,280	845
Elo (entering)	1,893	1,890
Career W-L	449–375	196–249
Career earnings	$13,758,395	$6,339,469

Pre-match H2H

Philipp Kohlschreiber #29 0 – 4 Denis Istomin #57

Path

Philipp Kohlschreiber's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Mate Delic #211	7-5 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	May 23, 2014	QF
Teymuraz Gabashvili #60	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	May 22, 2014	R16

Philipp Kohlschreiber's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Ivo Karlovic #49	6-2 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data	May 24, 2014	F

Denis Istomin's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Andreas Seppi #33	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 23, 2014	QF
Jason Kubler #352	3-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 22, 2014	R16
Jarkko Nieminen #51	6-7(5) 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 21, 2014	R32