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Sjeng Schalken #12 def. Ivo Karlovic #109

7-6(8) 7-6(5) 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Aug 31, 2003*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Sjeng Schalken
Score	7-6(8) 7-6(5) 7-6(3)
Loser	Ivo Karlovic
Duration	2h 20m

Stat	Sjeng Schalken	Ivo Karlovic
Aces	2	24
Double faults	2	6
First serve %	78	66
First serve points won %	80	83
Second serve points won %	63	59
Break points saved %	80	50
Break points converted %	50	20
Service points won %	76	75
Return points won %	25	24
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Sjeng Schalken	Ivo Karlovic
Country	NED	CRO
Birth date	Sep 8, 1976	Feb 28, 1979
Age	26	24
Height	193	211
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	12	109
Ranking points (entering)	1,715	347
Elo (entering)	1,863	1,685
Career W-L	280–254	357–333
Career earnings	$5,192,798	$10,160,232

Pre-match H2H

Sjeng Schalken 0 – 0 Ivo Karlovic

Path

Sjeng Schalken's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2003	R64	Lars Burgsmuller	4-6 2-6 6-2 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2003	R128	Julien Boutter	6-2 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Sjeng Schalken's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2003	R16	Rainer Schuettler	6-1 4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Ivo Karlovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2003	R64	Hicham Arazi	3-6 7-6(5) 7-6(4) 7-6(6)	W	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