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Grigor Dimitrov #34 def. Steve Johnson #23

7-6(8) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Aug 20, 2016*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Grigor Dimitrov
Score	7-6(8) 6-2
Loser	Steve Johnson
Duration	1h 25m

Stat	Grigor Dimitrov	Steve Johnson
Aces	4	6
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	68	73
First serve points won %	82	76
Second serve points won %	67	29
Break points saved %	100	33
Break points converted %	67	0
Service points won %	77	63
Return points won %	37	23
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Grigor Dimitrov	Steve Johnson
Country	BUL	USA
Birth date	May 16, 1991	Dec 24, 1989
Age	25	26
Height	191	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	34	23
Ranking points (entering)	1,285	1,545
Elo (entering)	1,942	1,969
Career W-L	476–310	196–201
Career earnings	$31,866,006	$8,082,688

Pre-match H2H

Grigor Dimitrov 1 – 2 Steve Johnson

Path

Grigor Dimitrov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 2016	R16	Stan Wawrinka	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 2016	R32	Feliciano Lopez	5-7 6-3 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 2016	R64	Gilles Simon	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Grigor Dimitrov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 20, 2016	SF	Marin Cilic	6-4 3-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Steve Johnson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 19, 2016	R16	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6-3 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 2016	R32	Julien Benneteau	3-6 6-2 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 2016	R64	Federico Delbonis	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data