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Rafael Nadal #2 def. Ivo Karlovic #39

6-4 4-6 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 26, 2010*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-4 4-6 6-4 6-4
Loser	Ivo Karlovic
Duration	2h 36m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Ivo Karlovic
Aces	2	28
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	71	69
First serve points won %	78	77
Second serve points won %	73	64
Break points saved %	50	50
Break points converted %	50	50
Service points won %	76	73
Return points won %	27	24
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Ivo Karlovic
Country	ESP	CRO
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Feb 28, 1979
Age	23	30
Height	185	211
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	39
Ranking points (entering)	9,310	1,015
Elo (entering)	2,180	1,899
Career W-L	1,045–225	357–333
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$10,160,232

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 2 – 0 Ivo Karlovic

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2010	R32	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6-4 6-2 2-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2010	R64	Lukas Lacko	6-2 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2010	R128	Peter Luczak	7-6(0) 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2010	QF	Andy Murray	3-6 6-7(2) 0-3 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data

Ivo Karlovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2010	R32	Ivan Ljubicic	6-3 3-6 6-3 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2010	R64	Julien Benneteau	2-6 6-1 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2010	R128	Radek Stepanek	2-6 7-6(5) 6-4 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data