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Michael Venus #516 def. Ante Pavic #284

3-6 7-6(5) 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 18, 2015*
Tournament	Nice
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	Q3
Winner	Michael Venus
Score	3-6 7-6(5) 6-4
Loser	Ante Pavic
Duration	2h 14m

Stat	Michael Venus	Ante Pavic
Aces	13	14
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	58	62
First serve points won %	68	72
Second serve points won %	62	56
Break points saved %	85	78
Break points converted %	22	15
Service points won %	66	66
Return points won %	34	34
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Michael Venus	Ante Pavic
Country	NZL	CRO
Birth date	Oct 16, 1987	Mar 7, 1989
Age	27	26
Height	191	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	516	284
Ranking points (entering)	65	171
Elo (entering)	1,513	1,635
Career W-L	1–10	3–10
Career earnings	$5,310,532	$473,605

Pre-match H2H

Michael Venus 0 – 0 Ante Pavic

Path

Michael Venus's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2015	Q2	Fabrice Martin	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2015	Q1	Gianluca Mager	6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Michael Venus's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 20, 2015	R32	Steve Johnson	5-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Ante Pavic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 17, 2015	Q2	Eric Butorac	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data