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Juan Martin del Potro #6 def. Marin Cilic #20

5-7 6-4 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 27, 2009*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Juan Martin del Potro
Score	5-7 6-4 6-4 6-2
Loser	Marin Cilic
Duration	3h 2m

Stat	Juan Martin del Potro	Marin Cilic
Aces	8	10
Double faults	3	1
First serve %	67	50
First serve points won %	70	71
Second serve points won %	54	53
Break points saved %	70	40
Break points converted %	60	30
Service points won %	64	62
Return points won %	38	36
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Juan Martin del Potro	Marin Cilic
Country	ARG	CRO
Birth date	Sep 23, 1988	Sep 28, 1988
Age	20	20
Height	198	198
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	20
Ranking points (entering)	4,060	2,450
Elo (entering)	2,035	1,976
Career W-L	416–172	572–344
Career earnings	$25,896,046	$33,355,926

Pre-match H2H

Juan Martin del Potro 0 – 0 Marin Cilic

Path

Juan Martin del Potro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2009	R32	Gilles Muller	6-7(5) 7-5 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2009	R64	Florian Mayer	6-1 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2009	R128	Mischa Zverev	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Martin del Potro's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 2009	QF	Roger Federer	3-6 0-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data

Marin Cilic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2009	R32	David Ferrer	7-6(5) 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2009	R64	Janko Tipsarevic	6-2 6-3 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2009	R128	Kevin Anderson	6-3 6-2 6-7(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data