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Dominic Thiem #7 def. Jozef Kovalik #146

7-6(5) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Apr 27, 2018*
Tournament	Barcelona
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Dominic Thiem
Score	7-6(5) 6-2
Loser	Jozef Kovalik
Duration	1h 43m

Stat	Dominic Thiem	Jozef Kovalik
Aces	4	1
Double faults	5	1
First serve %	48	63
First serve points won %	59	59
Second serve points won %	59	38
Break points saved %	62	58
Break points converted %	42	38
Service points won %	59	51
Return points won %	49	41
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Dominic Thiem	Jozef Kovalik
Country	AUT	SVK
Birth date	Sep 3, 1993	Nov 4, 1992
Age	24	25
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	7	146
Ranking points (entering)	3,755	387
Elo (entering)	2,012	1,697
Career W-L	337–207	26–46
Career earnings	$30,387,561	$2,293,813

Pre-match H2H

Dominic Thiem 1 – 0 Jozef Kovalik

Path

Dominic Thiem's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 2018	R32	Jaume Munar	7-6(8) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Dominic Thiem's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 28, 2018	QF	Stefanos Tsitsipas	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jozef Kovalik's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 2018	R32	Guido Pella	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2018	Q1	Lorenzo Giustino	6-7(4) 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data