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Ivo Karlovic #53 def. Bjorn Phau #69

4-6 6-3 7-6(8)

Match Information

Date	May 5, 2006*
Tournament	Munich
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Ivo Karlovic
Score	4-6 6-3 7-6(8)
Loser	Bjorn Phau
Duration	2h 17m

Stat	Ivo Karlovic	Bjorn Phau
Aces	21	3
Double faults	4	4
First serve %	58	58
First serve points won %	84	77
Second serve points won %	49	74
Break points saved %	67	83
Break points converted %	17	33
Service points won %	69	76
Return points won %	24	31
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivo Karlovic	Bjorn Phau
Country	CRO	GER
Birth date	Feb 28, 1979	Oct 4, 1979
Age	27	26
Height	211	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	53	69
Ranking points (entering)	736	607
Elo (entering)	1,745	1,660
Career W-L	357–333	80–138
Career earnings	$10,160,232	$2,189,473

Pre-match H2H

Ivo Karlovic 0 – 0 Bjorn Phau

Path

Ivo Karlovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 4, 2006	R32	Tommy Haas	6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

Ivo Karlovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 6, 2006	QF	Jurgen Melzer	6-7(4) 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Bjorn Phau's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 4, 2006	R32	Tomas Behrend	3-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data