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Nikoloz Basilashvili #36 def. Stefanos Tsitsipas #3

6-4 2-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 15, 2021*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Nikoloz Basilashvili
Score	6-4 2-6 6-4
Loser	Stefanos Tsitsipas
Duration	2h 9m

Stat	Nikoloz Basilashvili	Stefanos Tsitsipas
Aces	5	10
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	72	65
First serve points won %	60	69
Second serve points won %	50	50
Break points saved %	60	20
Break points converted %	80	40
Service points won %	57	62
Return points won %	38	43
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nikoloz Basilashvili	Stefanos Tsitsipas
Country	GEO	GRE
Birth date	Feb 23, 1992	Aug 12, 1998
Age	29	23
Height	185	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	36	3
Ranking points (entering)	1,556	8,175
Elo (entering)	1,843	2,131
Career W-L	149–180	353–188
Career earnings	$9,780,652	$37,859,522

Pre-match H2H

Nikoloz Basilashvili 0 – 2 Stefanos Tsitsipas

Path

Nikoloz Basilashvili's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2021	R16	Karen Khachanov	6-4 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 2021	R32	Albert Ramos-Vinolas	4-6 7-6(2) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 2021	R64	Christopher Eubanks	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Nikoloz Basilashvili's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 2021	SF	Taylor Fritz	7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Stefanos Tsitsipas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2021	R16	Alex de Minaur	6-7(3) 7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 2021	R32	Fabio Fognini	2-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 2021	R64	Pedro Martinez	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data