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Ivo Karlovic #22 def. Fernando Verdasco #21

7-5 6-7(4) 7-6(8)

Match Information

Date	Jun 22, 2008*
Tournament	Nottingham
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Ivo Karlovic
Score	7-5 6-7(4) 7-6(8)
Loser	Fernando Verdasco
Duration	2h 22m

Stat	Ivo Karlovic	Fernando Verdasco
Aces	29	4
Double faults	2	6
First serve %	66	79
First serve points won %	85	85
Second serve points won %	58	41
Break points saved %	50	50
Break points converted %	50	50
Service points won %	76	76
Return points won %	24	24
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivo Karlovic	Fernando Verdasco
Country	CRO	ESP
Birth date	Feb 28, 1979	Nov 15, 1983
Age	29	24
Height	211	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	22	21
Ranking points (entering)	1,220	1,240
Elo (entering)	1,881	1,906
Career W-L	357–333	549–441
Career earnings	$10,160,232	$18,368,908

Pre-match H2H

Ivo Karlovic 1 – 1 Fernando Verdasco

Path

Ivo Karlovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 21, 2008	SF	Gael Monfils	7-6(4) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 21, 2008	QF	Andreas Seppi	6-3 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 2008	R16	Sam Querrey	7-6(3) 7-6(14)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 19, 2008	R32	Jonas Bjorkman	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Ivo Karlovic's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 21, 2008	SF	Marin Cilic	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 21, 2008	QF	Gilles Simon	6-3 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 2008	R16	Bobby Reynolds	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 19, 2008	R32	Marcos Daniel	6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data