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Ryan Sweeting #93 def. Ivo Karlovic #174

7-6(3) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Apr 9, 2011*
Tournament	Houston
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Ryan Sweeting
Score	7-6(3) 6-3
Loser	Ivo Karlovic
Duration	1h 39m

Stat	Ryan Sweeting	Ivo Karlovic
Aces	2	12
Double faults	4	4
First serve %	71	54
First serve points won %	88	77
Second serve points won %	50	46
Break points saved %	100	75
Break points converted %	25	0
Service points won %	76	63
Return points won %	37	24
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ryan Sweeting	Ivo Karlovic
Country	USA	CRO
Birth date	Jul 14, 1987	Feb 28, 1979
Age	23	32
Height	196	211
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	93	174
Ranking points (entering)	566	330
Elo (entering)	1,832	1,888
Career W-L	34–56	357–333
Career earnings	$1,024,486	$10,160,232

Pre-match H2H

Ryan Sweeting 0 – 2 Ivo Karlovic

Path

Ryan Sweeting's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 9, 2011	QF	Teymuraz Gabashvili	3-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 8, 2011	R16	Sam Querrey	3-6 7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 7, 2011	R32	Tim Smyczek	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Ryan Sweeting's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 10, 2011	F	Kei Nishikori	6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

Ivo Karlovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 9, 2011	QF	John Isner	7-6(2) 6-7(2) 7-6(9)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 8, 2011	R16	Igor Kunitsyn	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 7, 2011	R32	Benjamin Becker	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 5, 2011	Q3	Donald Young	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 4, 2011	Q2	Jose Acasuso	7-6(6) 6-7(9) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 4, 2011	Q1	Stuart Kenyon	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data