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Ivo Karlovic #109 def. Hicham Arazi #65

3-6 7-6(5) 7-6(4) 7-6(6)

Match Information

Date	Aug 29, 2003*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Ivo Karlovic
Score	3-6 7-6(5) 7-6(4) 7-6(6)
Loser	Hicham Arazi
Duration	2h 56m

Stat	Ivo Karlovic	Hicham Arazi
Aces	30	3
Double faults	14	1
First serve %	57	60
First serve points won %	89	79
Second serve points won %	57	76
Break points saved %	86	100
Break points converted %	0	14
Service points won %	75	78
Return points won %	22	25
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivo Karlovic	Hicham Arazi
Country	CRO	MAR
Birth date	Feb 28, 1979	Oct 19, 1973
Age	24	29
Height	211	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	109	65
Ranking points (entering)	347	581
Elo (entering)	1,659	1,698
Career W-L	357–333	202–213
Career earnings	$10,160,232	$3,602,644

Pre-match H2H

Ivo Karlovic 0 – 0 Hicham Arazi

Path

Ivo Karlovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2003	R128	Felix Mantilla	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 26, 2003	Q3	Dudi Sela	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 26, 2003	Q2	Michal Mertinak	3-6 7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 25, 2003	Q1	Takahiro Terachi	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Ivo Karlovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2003	R32	Sjeng Schalken	6-7(8) 6-7(5) 6-7(3)	L	H2H	Match data

Hicham Arazi's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2003	R128	Jeff Salzenstein	6-1 7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data