Lorenzo Sonego #121 def. Gilles Muller #127

7-6(2) 6-7(9) 5-7 7-6(6) 6-2

Lorenzo Sonego defeated Gilles Muller 7-6(2) 6-7(9) 5-7 7-6(6) 6-2 in the 2018 US Open first round on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Aug 29, 2018*
Tournament: US Open
Edition: 2018
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: R128
Duration: 4h 16m

Match Statistics

Stat	Lorenzo Sonego	Gilles Muller
Aces	27	18
Double faults	4	18
First serve %	62	53
First serve points won %	81	80
Second serve points won %	57	52
Break points saved %	57	60
Break points converted %	40	43
Service points won %	72	67
Return points won %	33	28
Total points won %	52	48

Player Comparison

Field	Lorenzo Sonego	Gilles Muller
Country	ITA	LUX
Birth date	May 11, 1995	May 9, 1983
Age	23	35
Height	191 cm	193 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	121	127
Ranking points (entering)	460	448
Elo (entering)	1,590	1,721
Current career W-L	174–194	203–202
Current career earnings	$10,141,347	$5,991,874

Pre-match H2H

Lorenzo Sonego #121 0 – 0 Gilles Muller #127

Path

Lorenzo Sonego's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Guilherme Clezar #200	7-5 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 28, 2018	Q2
Rogerio Dutra Silva #150	4-6 6-2 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 27, 2018	Q1

Lorenzo Sonego's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Karen Khachanov #26	5-7 3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 30, 2018	R64

Gilles Muller's path

No prior matches in this tournament.