Ramkumar Ramanathan #161 def. Tim Smyczek #123

6-4 7-5

Ramkumar Ramanathan defeated Tim Smyczek 6-4 7-5 in the 2018 Newport semifinal on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Jul 21, 2018*
Tournament: Newport
Edition: 2018
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Grass
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 31m

Match Statistics

Stat	Ramkumar Ramanathan	Tim Smyczek
Aces	7	4
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	67	64
First serve points won %	72	69
Second serve points won %	57	37
Break points saved %	80	64
Break points converted %	36	20
Service points won %	67	57
Return points won %	43	33
Total points won %	54	46

Player Comparison

Field	Ramkumar Ramanathan	Tim Smyczek
Country	IND	USA
Birth date	Nov 8, 1994	Dec 30, 1987
Age	23	30
Height	188 cm	175 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	161	123
Ranking points (entering)	349	466
Elo (entering)	1,601	1,685
Current career W-L	14–27	43–85
Current career earnings	$1,368,853	$2,067,979

Pre-match H2H

Ramkumar Ramanathan #161 0 – 0 Tim Smyczek #123

Path

Ramkumar Ramanathan's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Vasek Pospisil #98	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 21, 2018	QF
Denis Kudla #86	4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 20, 2018	R16
Victor Estrella	6-4 6-1	W	—	Match data	Jul 19, 2018	R32

Ramkumar Ramanathan's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Steve Johnson #48	5-7 6-3 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 22, 2018	F

Tim Smyczek's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jason Jung #131	6-1 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 21, 2018	QF
Matthew Ebden #43	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 20, 2018	R16
Bjorn Fratangelo #133	6-3 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 19, 2018	R32