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Ivo Karlovic #21 def. Flavio Cipolla #122

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 9, 2009*
Tournament	Belgrade
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Ivo Karlovic
Score	6-3 6-3
Loser	Flavio Cipolla
Duration	1h 12m

Stat	Ivo Karlovic	Flavio Cipolla
Aces	13	0
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	65	75
First serve points won %	88	57
Second serve points won %	50	43
Break points saved %	100	50
Break points converted %	50	0
Service points won %	75	54
Return points won %	46	25
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivo Karlovic	Flavio Cipolla
Country	CRO	ITA
Birth date	Feb 28, 1979	Oct 20, 1983
Age	30	25
Height	211	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	21	122
Ranking points (entering)	1,830	668
Elo (entering)	1,769	1,733
Career W-L	357–333	35–66
Career earnings	$10,160,232	$1,632,927

Pre-match H2H

Ivo Karlovic 0 – 0 Flavio Cipolla

Path

Ivo Karlovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2009	R16	Brian Dabul	6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Ivo Karlovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2009	SF	Lukasz Kubot	6-7(0) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Flavio Cipolla's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2009	R16	Arnaud Clement	1-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2009	R32	Marcos Baghdatis	1-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 5, 2009	Q3	Boris Pashanski	2-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 4, 2009	Q2	Pavel Chekhov	6-4 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data