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David Ferrer #38 def. Joao Sousa #59

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 11, 2018*
Tournament	Auckland
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	David Ferrer
Score	6-2 6-2
Loser	Joao Sousa
Duration	1h 6m

Stat	David Ferrer	Joao Sousa
Aces	2	3
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	73	57
First serve points won %	80	63
Second serve points won %	82	26
Break points saved %	100	33
Break points converted %	67	0
Service points won %	80	47
Return points won %	53	20
Total points won %	65	35

Pre-match Comparison

Field	David Ferrer	Joao Sousa
Country	ESP	POR
Birth date	Apr 2, 1982	Mar 30, 1989
Age	35	28
Height	175	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	38	59
Ranking points (entering)	1,270	850
Elo (entering)	1,917	1,753
Career W-L	700–368	189–247
Career earnings	$31,483,911	$8,340,548

Pre-match H2H

David Ferrer 1 – 1 Joao Sousa

Path

David Ferrer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 2018	R32	Yibing Wu	7-6(7) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

David Ferrer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2018	QF	Hyeon Chung	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Joao Sousa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 2018	R32	Donald Young	6-7(8) 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data