R16 US Open 2015

Kevin Anderson #14 def. Andy Murray #3

7-6(5) 6-3 6-7(2) 7-6(0)

Kevin Anderson defeated Andy Murray 7-6(5) 6-3 6-7(2) 7-6(0) in the 2015 US Open fourth round on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 8, 2015*
Tournament: US Open
Edition: 2015
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: R16
Duration: 4h 18m

Match Statistics

Stat	Kevin Anderson	Andy Murray
Aces	26	19
Double faults	6	3
First serve %	64.0%	59.0%
First serve points won %	79.0%	76.0%
Second serve points won %	41.0%	44.0%
Break points saved %	73.0%	56.0%
Break points converted %	44.0%	27.0%
Service points won %	65.0%	63.0%
Return points won %	37.0%	35.0%
Total points won %	52.0%	48.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Kevin Anderson	Andy Murray
Country	RSA	GBR
Birth date	May 18, 1986	May 15, 1987
Age	29	28
Height	203 cm	191 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	14	3
Ranking points (entering)	2,160	8,840
Elo (entering)	2,066	2,348
Current career W-L	348–252	715–265
Current career earnings	$17,791,917	$64,687,542

Pre-match H2H

Kevin Anderson #14 1 – 5 Andy Murray #3

Path

Kevin Anderson's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Dominic Thiem #20	6-3 7-6(3) 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 6, 2015	R32
Austin Krajicek #117	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 3, 2015	R64
Andrey Rublev #198	7-6(1) 6-7(5) 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 2, 2015	R128

Kevin Anderson's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Stan Wawrinka #5	4-6 4-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 10, 2015	QF

Andy Murray's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Thomaz Bellucci #30	6-3 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 6, 2015	R32
Adrian Mannarino #35	5-7 4-6 6-1 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 3, 2015	R64
Nick Kyrgios #37	7-5 6-3 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 2, 2015	R128