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John Isner #11 def. Gilles Simon #13

6-3 1-6 7-5

Match Information

Date	Mar 16, 2012*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	John Isner
Score	6-3 1-6 7-5
Loser	Gilles Simon
Duration	1h 59m

Stat	John Isner	Gilles Simon
Aces	11	7
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	56	54
First serve points won %	69	77
Second serve points won %	58	45
Break points saved %	50	67
Break points converted %	33	50
Service points won %	64	62
Return points won %	38	36
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Isner	Gilles Simon
Country	USA	FRA
Birth date	Apr 26, 1985	Dec 27, 1984
Age	26	27
Height	208	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	11	13
Ranking points (entering)	2,120	2,005
Elo (entering)	2,003	1,885
Career W-L	467–293	493–379
Career earnings	$22,433,361	$16,045,734

Pre-match H2H

John Isner 1 – 0 Gilles Simon

Path

John Isner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2012	R16	Matthew Ebden	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2012	R32	Juan Monaco	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2012	R64	Frederico Gil	7-5 6-3	W	—	Match data

John Isner's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2012	SF	Novak Djokovic	7-6(7) 3-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Gilles Simon's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2012	R16	Ryan Harrison	7-6(0) 5-7 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2012	R32	Stan Wawrinka	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2012	R64	Dudi Sela	7-5 6-7(6) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data