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Kevin Anderson #14 def. Andy Murray #3

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

Match Information

Date	Sep 8, 2015*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Kevin Anderson
Score	7-6(5) 6-3 6-7(2) 7-6(0)
Loser	Andy Murray
Duration	4h 18m

Stat	Kevin Anderson	Andy Murray
Aces	26	19
Double faults	6	3
First serve %	64	59
First serve points won %	79	76
Second serve points won %	41	44
Break points saved %	73	56
Break points converted %	44	27
Service points won %	65	63
Return points won %	37	35
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kevin Anderson	Andy Murray
Country	RSA	GBR
Birth date	May 18, 1986	May 15, 1987
Age	29	28
Height	203	191
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	2,334
Career W-L	347–251	703–264
Career earnings	$17,791,917	$64,687,542

Pre-match H2H

Kevin Anderson 1 – 5 Andy Murray

Path

Kevin Anderson's path

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

Kevin Anderson's next match

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

Andy Murray's path

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