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Ivo Karlovic #22 def. Gael Monfils #32

7-6(4) 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Jun 21, 2008*
Tournament	Nottingham
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Ivo Karlovic
Score	7-6(4) 7-6(4)
Loser	Gael Monfils
Duration	1h 44m

Stat	Ivo Karlovic	Gael Monfils
Aces	11	0
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	66	68
First serve points won %	83	62
Second serve points won %	67	53
Break points saved %	33	67
Break points converted %	33	67
Service points won %	77	60
Return points won %	40	23
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivo Karlovic	Gael Monfils
Country	CRO	FRA
Birth date	Feb 28, 1979	Sep 1, 1986
Age	29	21
Height	211	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	22	32
Ranking points (entering)	1,220	978
Elo (entering)	1,864	1,884
Career W-L	357–333	569–356
Career earnings	$10,160,232	$25,007,032

Pre-match H2H

Ivo Karlovic 0 – 1 Gael Monfils

Path

Ivo Karlovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 21, 2008	QF	Andreas Seppi	6-3 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 2008	R16	Sam Querrey	7-6(3) 7-6(14)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 19, 2008	R32	Jonas Bjorkman	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Ivo Karlovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 2008	F	Fernando Verdasco	7-5 6-7(4) 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data

Gael Monfils's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 21, 2008	QF	Vincent Spadea	7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 2008	R16	Julien Benneteau	3-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 19, 2008	R32	Chris Guccione	7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data