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Matthew Ebden #196 def. Denis Istomin #40

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 7, 2011*
Tournament	Brisbane
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Matthew Ebden
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Denis Istomin
Duration	1h 13m

Stat	Matthew Ebden	Denis Istomin
Aces	5	1
Double faults	1	7
First serve %	73	54
First serve points won %	71	60
Second serve points won %	41	54
Break points saved %	0	20
Break points converted %	80	100
Service points won %	63	57
Return points won %	43	37
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Matthew Ebden	Denis Istomin
Country	AUS	UZB
Birth date	Nov 26, 1987	Sep 7, 1986
Age	23	24
Height	188	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	196	40
Ranking points (entering)	263	1,031
Elo (entering)	1,591	1,783
Career W-L	75–129	191–245
Career earnings	$6,770,988	$6,339,469

Pre-match H2H

Matthew Ebden 0 – 0 Denis Istomin

Path

Matthew Ebden's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 2011	R32	John Millman	4-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 3, 2011	Q3	Greg Jones	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 2, 2011	Q2	Grega Zemlja	5-7 7-6(1) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 2, 2011	Q1	Victor Crivoi	6-2 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Matthew Ebden's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 2011	QF	Robin Soderling	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Denis Istomin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 2011	R32	Thiemo de Bakker	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data