John Isner #10 def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga #6

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

John Isner defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-4 3-6 7-6(3) in the 2012 Winston-Salem Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Aug 24, 2012*
Tournament: Winston-Salem Open
Edition: 2012
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 2h 13m

Match Statistics

Stat	John Isner	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Aces	24	7
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	64	58
First serve points won %	82	68
Second serve points won %	47	64
Break points saved %	67	90
Break points converted %	10	33
Service points won %	69	66
Return points won %	34	31
Total points won %	50	50

Player Comparison

Field	John Isner	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Country	USA	FRA
Birth date	Apr 26, 1985	Apr 17, 1985
Age	27	27
Height	208 cm	188 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	10	6
Ranking points (entering)	2,880	4,835
Elo (entering)	2,012	2,116
Current career W-L	470–294	449–230
Current career earnings	$22,433,361	$22,524,073

Pre-match H2H

John Isner #10 1 – 1 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga #6

Path

John Isner's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
David Goffin #58	7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 24, 2012	QF
Jurgen Melzer #36	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 23, 2012	R16
Martin Klizan #50	4-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 22, 2012	R32

John Isner's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Tomas Berdych #7	3-6 6-4 7-6(9)	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 25, 2012	F

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Marcel Granollers #25	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 24, 2012	QF
Sergiy Stakhovsky #96	7-6(1) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 23, 2012	R16
Thomaz Bellucci #40	6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 22, 2012	R32