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Salvatore Caruso #210 def. Norbert Gombos #137

3-6 6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 16, 2018*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	Q2
Winner	Salvatore Caruso
Score	3-6 6-3 6-3
Loser	Norbert Gombos
Duration	2h 2m

Stat	Salvatore Caruso	Norbert Gombos
Aces	5	6
Double faults	2	7
First serve %	71	64
First serve points won %	62	66
Second serve points won %	65	47
Break points saved %	78	71
Break points converted %	29	22
Service points won %	63	59
Return points won %	41	37
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Salvatore Caruso	Norbert Gombos
Country	ITA	SVK
Birth date	Dec 15, 1992	Aug 13, 1990
Age	25	27
Height	185	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	210	137
Ranking points (entering)	254	431
Elo (entering)	1,486	1,582
Career W-L	19–44	22–46
Career earnings	$1,986,199	$2,336,506

Pre-match H2H

Salvatore Caruso 0 – 0 Norbert Gombos

Path

Salvatore Caruso's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2018	Q1	Cem Ilkel	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Salvatore Caruso's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2018	Q3	Mathias Bourgue	3-6 7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Norbert Gombos's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2018	Q1	Maverick Banes	6-7(5) 6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data