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Ernests Gulbis #145 def. John Isner #10

1-6 6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 20, 2018*
Tournament	Stockholm
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Ernests Gulbis
Score	1-6 6-3 6-3
Loser	John Isner
Duration	1h 48m

Stat	Ernests Gulbis	John Isner
Aces	11	13
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	67	68
First serve points won %	76	66
Second serve points won %	44	48
Break points saved %	60	62
Break points converted %	38	40
Service points won %	65	60
Return points won %	40	35
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ernests Gulbis	John Isner
Country	LAT	USA
Birth date	Aug 30, 1988	Apr 26, 1985
Age	30	33
Height	193	208
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	145	10
Ranking points (entering)	404	3,290
Elo (entering)	1,801	2,029
Career W-L	221–232	467–293
Career earnings	$7,668,948	$22,433,361

Pre-match H2H

Ernests Gulbis 3 – 3 John Isner

Path

Ernests Gulbis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 2018	QF	Jack Sock	4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 19, 2018	R16	Denis Shapovalov	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 2018	R32	Mikael Ymer	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 15, 2018	Q2	Julien Benneteau	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 15, 2018	Q1	Markus Eriksson	6-4 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data

Ernests Gulbis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 21, 2018	F	Stefanos Tsitsipas	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

John Isner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 2018	QF	Tennys Sandgren	7-6(8) 6-7(5) 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 19, 2018	R16	Bradley Klahn	7-6(2) 6-7(5) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data