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John Isner #11 def. Izak Van der Merwe #155

6-4 7-6(2)

Match Information

Date	Jul 14, 2012*
Tournament	Newport
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	John Isner
Score	6-4 7-6(2)
Loser	Izak Van der Merwe
Duration	1h 23m

Stat	John Isner	Izak Van der Merwe
Aces	12	6
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	72	62
First serve points won %	85	82
Second serve points won %	53	58
Break points saved %	100	50
Break points converted %	50	0
Service points won %	76	73
Return points won %	27	24
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Isner	Izak Van der Merwe
Country	USA	RSA
Birth date	Apr 26, 1985	Jan 26, 1984
Age	27	28
Height	208	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	11	155
Ranking points (entering)	2,520	339
Elo (entering)	1,926	1,583
Career W-L	467–293	7–7
Career earnings	$22,433,361	$430,017

Pre-match H2H

John Isner 0 – 0 Izak Van der Merwe

Path

John Isner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 13, 2012	R16	Nicolas Mahut	6-2 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 12, 2012	R32	Sergei Bubka	7-6(3) 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

John Isner's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 14, 2012	SF	Ryan Harrison	7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Izak Van der Merwe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 13, 2012	R16	Jack Sock	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 12, 2012	R32	Gilles Muller	7-6(5) 6-7(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 10, 2012	Q3	Adrian Mannarino	4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 9, 2012	Q2	Pierre-Ludovic Duclos	6-7(1) 7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 9, 2012	Q1	James Duckworth	6-7(6) 7-6(5) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data