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Ivo Karlovic #108 def. Albert Montanes #84

7-6(5) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Apr 14, 2007*
Tournament	Houston
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Ivo Karlovic
Score	7-6(5) 6-2
Loser	Albert Montanes
Duration	1h 12m

Stat	Ivo Karlovic	Albert Montanes
Aces	15	4
Double faults	0	4
First serve %	71	61
First serve points won %	84	86
Second serve points won %	67	50
Break points saved %	100	33
Break points converted %	67	0
Service points won %	79	72
Return points won %	28	21
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivo Karlovic	Albert Montanes
Country	CRO	ESP
Birth date	Feb 28, 1979	Nov 26, 1980
Age	28	26
Height	211	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	108	84
Ranking points (entering)	416	488
Elo (entering)	1,730	1,651
Career W-L	357–333	257–287
Career earnings	$10,160,232	$5,866,340

Pre-match H2H

Ivo Karlovic 0 – 0 Albert Montanes

Path

Ivo Karlovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2007	QF	Tommy Haas	7-6(7) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 2007	R16	Diego Hartfield	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 12, 2007	R32	Benjamin Becker	7-5 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

Ivo Karlovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 15, 2007	F	Mariano Zabaleta	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Albert Montanes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2007	QF	Vincent Spadea	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 2007	R16	Dusan Vemic	6-4 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 12, 2007	R32	Alexander Peya	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data