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Dominic Thiem #9 def. Kevin Anderson #5

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

Match Information

Date	Sep 4, 2018*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Dominic Thiem
Score	7-5 6-2 7-6(2)
Loser	Kevin Anderson
Duration	2h 37m

Stat	Dominic Thiem	Kevin Anderson
Aces	7	7
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	49	69
First serve points won %	91	72
Second serve points won %	65	44
Break points saved %	—	67
Break points converted %	33	—
Service points won %	78	63
Return points won %	37	22
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Dominic Thiem	Kevin Anderson
Country	AUT	RSA
Birth date	Sep 3, 1993	May 18, 1986
Age	25	32
Height	185	203
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	9	5
Ranking points (entering)	3,485	4,615
Elo (entering)	2,023	2,090
Career W-L	337–207	347–251
Career earnings	$30,387,561	$17,791,917

Pre-match H2H

Dominic Thiem 1 – 6 Kevin Anderson

Path

Dominic Thiem's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2018	R32	Taylor Fritz	3-6 6-3 7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2018	R64	Steve Johnson	6-7(5) 6-3 5-7 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2018	R128	Mirza Basic	6-3 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Dominic Thiem's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2018	QF	Rafael Nadal	6-0 4-6 5-7 7-6(4) 6-7(5)	L	H2H	Match data

Kevin Anderson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2018	R32	Denis Shapovalov	4-6 6-3 6-4 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2018	R64	Jeremy Chardy	6-2 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2018	R128	Ryan Harrison	7-6(4) 5-7 4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data