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Kevin Anderson #32 def. Pablo Carreno Busta #19

4-6 7-5 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 9, 2017*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Kevin Anderson
Score	4-6 7-5 6-3 6-4
Loser	Pablo Carreno Busta
Duration	2h 55m

Stat	Kevin Anderson	Pablo Carreno Busta
Aces	22	1
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	69	71
First serve points won %	83	64
Second serve points won %	66	52
Break points saved %	50	71
Break points converted %	29	50
Service points won %	78	60
Return points won %	40	22
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kevin Anderson	Pablo Carreno Busta
Country	RSA	ESP
Birth date	May 18, 1986	Jul 12, 1991
Age	31	26
Height	203	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	32	19
Ranking points (entering)	1,360	2,225
Elo (entering)	2,065	2,030
Career W-L	347–251	277–232
Career earnings	$17,791,917	$17,658,380

Pre-match H2H

Kevin Anderson 3 – 0 Pablo Carreno Busta

Path

Kevin Anderson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 2017	QF	Sam Querrey	7-6(5) 6-7(9) 6-3 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 2017	R16	Paolo Lorenzi	6-4 6-3 6-7(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2017	R32	Borna Coric	6-4 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2017	R64	Ernests Gulbis	6-3 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2017	R128	JC Aragone	6-3 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Kevin Anderson's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 2017	F	Rafael Nadal	3-6 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Pablo Carreno Busta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 2017	QF	Diego Schwartzman	6-4 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 2017	R16	Denis Shapovalov	7-6(2) 7-6(4) 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2017	R32	Nicolas Mahut	6-3 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2017	R64	Cameron Norrie	6-2 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2017	R128	Evan King	6-3 6-2 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data