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Novak Djokovic #4 def. Jesse Witten #276

6-7(2) 6-3 7-6(2) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 6, 2009*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	6-7(2) 6-3 7-6(2) 6-4
Loser	Jesse Witten
Duration	3h 28m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Jesse Witten
Aces	8	5
Double faults	8	11
First serve %	61	46
First serve points won %	70	59
Second serve points won %	45	53
Break points saved %	45	50
Break points converted %	50	55
Service points won %	60	56
Return points won %	44	40
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Jesse Witten
Country	SRB	USA
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Oct 15, 1982
Age	22	26
Height	188	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	4	276
Ranking points (entering)	7,660	197
Elo (entering)	2,160	1,633
Career W-L	1,122–223	2–9
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$404,719

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 0 – 0 Jesse Witten

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2009	R64	Carsten Ball	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2009	R128	Ivan Ljubicic	6-3 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2009	R16	Radek Stepanek	6-1 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Jesse Witten's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2009	R64	Maximo Gonzalez	6-7(3) 6-4 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2009	R128	Igor Andreev	6-4 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2009	Q3	Alexander Peya	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2009	Q2	Stephane Bohli	3-6 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2009	Q1	Go Soeda	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data