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Ivo Karlovic #88 def. Nick Kyrgios #24

3-6 6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Apr 14, 2018*
Tournament	Houston
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Ivo Karlovic
Score	3-6 6-2 6-3
Loser	Nick Kyrgios
Duration	1h 32m

Stat	Ivo Karlovic	Nick Kyrgios
Aces	18	3
Double faults	4	1
First serve %	64	68
First serve points won %	84	62
Second serve points won %	56	62
Break points saved %	75	62
Break points converted %	38	25
Service points won %	74	62
Return points won %	38	26
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivo Karlovic	Nick Kyrgios
Country	CRO	AUS
Birth date	Feb 28, 1979	Apr 27, 1995
Age	39	22
Height	211	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	88	24
Ranking points (entering)	645	1,675
Elo (entering)	1,762	2,053
Career W-L	357–333	197–115
Career earnings	$10,160,232	$12,852,136

Pre-match H2H

Ivo Karlovic 0 – 4 Nick Kyrgios

Path

Ivo Karlovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 2018	R16	Denis Kudla	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 12, 2018	R32	Taro Daniel	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Ivo Karlovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2018	SF	Tennys Sandgren	6-7(2) 6-7(4)	L	H2H	Match data

Nick Kyrgios's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 2018	R16	Bjorn Fratangelo	6-7(2) 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data