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Juan Martin del Potro #3 def. John Isner #11

6-7(5) 6-3 7-6(4) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 6, 2018*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Juan Martin del Potro
Score	6-7(5) 6-3 7-6(4) 6-2
Loser	John Isner
Duration	3h 31m

Stat	Juan Martin del Potro	John Isner
Aces	14	26
Double faults	4	4
First serve %	63	61
First serve points won %	89	71
Second serve points won %	64	55
Break points saved %	100	73
Break points converted %	27	0
Service points won %	80	65
Return points won %	35	20
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Juan Martin del Potro	John Isner
Country	ARG	USA
Birth date	Sep 23, 1988	Apr 26, 1985
Age	29	33
Height	198	208
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	11
Ranking points (entering)	5,500	3,220
Elo (entering)	2,194	2,034
Career W-L	416–172	467–293
Career earnings	$25,896,046	$22,433,361

Pre-match H2H

Juan Martin del Potro 7 – 5 John Isner

Path

Juan Martin del Potro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2018	R16	Borna Coric	6-4 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2018	R32	Fernando Verdasco	7-5 7-6(6) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2018	R64	Denis Kudla	6-3 6-1 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2018	R128	Donald Young	6-0 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Martin del Potro's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2018	SF	Rafael Nadal	7-6(3) 6-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

John Isner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2018	R16	Milos Raonic	3-6 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2018	R32	Dusan Lajovic	7-6(8) 6-7(6) 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2018	R64	Nicolas Jarry	6-7(7) 6-4 3-6 7-6(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2018	R128	Bradley Klahn	7-6(3) 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data