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Frank Dancevic #122 def. Potito Starace #153

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

Match Information

Date	Jan 14, 2014*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	Q3
Winner	Frank Dancevic
Score	6-7(4) 6-4 6-3
Loser	Potito Starace
Duration	2h

Stat	Frank Dancevic	Potito Starace
Aces	12	3
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	58	72
First serve points won %	77	62
Second serve points won %	61	52
Break points saved %	67	69
Break points converted %	31	33
Service points won %	70	59
Return points won %	41	30
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Frank Dancevic	Potito Starace
Country	CAN	ITA
Birth date	Sep 26, 1984	Jul 14, 1981
Age	29	32
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	122	153
Ranking points (entering)	460	338
Elo (entering)	1,705	1,573
Career W-L	54–89	147–188
Career earnings	$1,888,019	$3,796,316

Pre-match H2H

Frank Dancevic 0 – 0 Potito Starace

Path

Frank Dancevic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2014	Q2	Bobby Reynolds	6-4 1-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 2014	Q1	Egor Gerasimov	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Frank Dancevic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2014	R128	Benoit Paire	6-7(12) 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Potito Starace's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2014	Q2	Rui Machado	1-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 2014	Q1	Yuki Bhambri	6-3 1-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data