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John Isner #11 def. Novak Djokovic #1

7-6(7) 3-6 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Mar 17, 2012*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	John Isner
Score	7-6(7) 3-6 7-6(5)
Loser	Novak Djokovic
Duration	2h 46m

Stat	John Isner	Novak Djokovic
Aces	20	8
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	74	65
First serve points won %	72	78
Second serve points won %	52	62
Break points saved %	67	50
Break points converted %	50	33
Service points won %	67	72
Return points won %	28	33
Total points won %	48	52

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Isner	Novak Djokovic
Country	USA	SRB
Birth date	Apr 26, 1985	May 22, 1987
Age	26	24
Height	208	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	11	1
Ranking points (entering)	2,120	13,310
Elo (entering)	2,014	2,399
Career W-L	467–293	1,122–223
Career earnings	$22,433,361	$193,469,626

Pre-match H2H

John Isner 0 – 1 Novak Djokovic

Path

John Isner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 2012	QF	Gilles Simon	6-3 1-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2012	R16	Matthew Ebden	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2012	R32	Juan Monaco	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2012	R64	Frederico Gil	7-5 6-3	W	—	Match data

John Isner's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 18, 2012	F	Roger Federer	6-7(7) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 16, 2012	QF	Nicolas Almagro	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2012	R16	Pablo Andujar	6-0 6-7(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2012	R32	Kevin Anderson	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2012	R64	Andrey Golubev	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data