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Ivo Karlovic #22 def. Philipp Kohlschreiber #37

7-6(6) 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Aug 2, 2008*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Ivo Karlovic
Score	7-6(6) 7-6(3)
Loser	Philipp Kohlschreiber
Duration	1h 44m

Stat	Ivo Karlovic	Philipp Kohlschreiber
Aces	24	6
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	72	59
First serve points won %	81	79
Second serve points won %	71	56
Break points saved %	—	100
Break points converted %	0	—
Service points won %	78	70
Return points won %	30	22
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivo Karlovic	Philipp Kohlschreiber
Country	CRO	GER
Birth date	Feb 28, 1979	Oct 16, 1983
Age	29	24
Height	211	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	22	37
Ranking points (entering)	1,110	910
Elo (entering)	1,853	1,851
Career W-L	357–333	444–372
Career earnings	$10,160,232	$13,758,395

Pre-match H2H

Ivo Karlovic 0 – 0 Philipp Kohlschreiber

Path

Ivo Karlovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 1, 2008	R16	Roger Federer	7-6(6) 4-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 31, 2008	R32	Jose Acasuso	6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 30, 2008	R64	Thomaz Bellucci	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Ivo Karlovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 2008	SF	Andy Murray	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Philipp Kohlschreiber's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 1, 2008	R16	Robin Soderling	7-6(4) 5-7 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 31, 2008	R32	Woong-Sun Jun	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 30, 2008	R64	Michael Yani	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data