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Aslan Karatsev #114 def. Grigor Dimitrov #21

2-6 6-4 6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	Feb 18, 2021*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Aslan Karatsev
Score	2-6 6-4 6-1 6-2
Loser	Grigor Dimitrov
Duration	2h 32m

Stat	Aslan Karatsev	Grigor Dimitrov
Aces	9	9
Double faults	6	7
First serve %	55	64
First serve points won %	67	60
Second serve points won %	55	43
Break points saved %	71	27
Break points converted %	73	29
Service points won %	62	54
Return points won %	46	38
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Aslan Karatsev	Grigor Dimitrov
Country	RUS	BUL
Birth date	Sep 4, 1993	May 16, 1991
Age	27	29
Height	185	191
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	114	21
Ranking points (entering)	642	2,260
Elo (entering)	1,793	2,032
Career W-L	78–86	476–310
Career earnings	$5,404,762	$31,866,006

Pre-match H2H

Aslan Karatsev 0 – 0 Grigor Dimitrov

Path

Aslan Karatsev's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 2021	R16	Felix Auger-Aliassime	3-6 1-6 6-3 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 2021	R32	Diego Schwartzman	6-3 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 11, 2021	R64	Egor Gerasimov	6-0 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 10, 2021	R128	Gianluca Mager	6-3 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Aslan Karatsev's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 2021	SF	Novak Djokovic	3-6 4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Grigor Dimitrov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 2021	R16	Dominic Thiem	6-4 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 2021	R32	Pablo Carreno Busta	6-0 1-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 11, 2021	R64	Alex Bolt	7-6(1) 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 10, 2021	R128	Marin Cilic	6-4 6-2 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data