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Gerald Melzer #296 def. Ivo Karlovic #136

6-4 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Apr 9, 2013*
Tournament	Houston
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	Q3
Winner	Gerald Melzer
Score	6-4 7-6(3)
Loser	Ivo Karlovic
Duration	1h 23m

Stat	Gerald Melzer	Ivo Karlovic
Aces	4	20
Double faults	2	6
First serve %	56	59
First serve points won %	82	80
Second serve points won %	77	43
Break points saved %	50	60
Break points converted %	40	50
Service points won %	80	65
Return points won %	35	20
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gerald Melzer	Ivo Karlovic
Country	AUT	CRO
Birth date	Jul 13, 1990	Feb 28, 1979
Age	22	34
Height	188	211
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	296	136
Ranking points (entering)	148	395
Elo (entering)	1,543	1,709
Career W-L	16–30	357–333
Career earnings	$990,350	$10,160,232

Pre-match H2H

Gerald Melzer 0 – 0 Ivo Karlovic

Path

Gerald Melzer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 8, 2013	Q2	Roman Borvanov	5-7 7-6(2) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 8, 2013	Q1	Alex Kuznetsov	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Gerald Melzer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 11, 2013	R32	Paolo Lorenzi	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Ivo Karlovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 8, 2013	Q2	Florin Mergea	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data