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Juan Martin del Potro #6 def. John Isner #147

7-6(4) 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Mar 19, 2009*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Juan Martin del Potro
Score	7-6(4) 7-6(3)
Loser	John Isner
Duration	2h 1m

Stat	Juan Martin del Potro	John Isner
Aces	9	14
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	64	66
First serve points won %	88	72
Second serve points won %	57	57
Break points saved %	100	100
Break points converted %	0	0
Service points won %	77	67
Return points won %	33	23
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Juan Martin del Potro	John Isner
Country	ARG	USA
Birth date	Sep 23, 1988	Apr 26, 1985
Age	20	23
Height	198	208
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	147
Ranking points (entering)	4,290	565
Elo (entering)	2,025	1,702
Career W-L	416–172	467–293
Career earnings	$25,896,046	$22,433,361

Pre-match H2H

Juan Martin del Potro 1 – 0 John Isner

Path

Juan Martin del Potro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2009	R32	Jurgen Melzer	6-2 2-6 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2009	R64	Ryan Sweeting	6-7(6) 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Martin del Potro's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 20, 2009	QF	Rafael Nadal	2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

John Isner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2009	R32	Marat Safin	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2009	R64	Gael Monfils	6-7(5) 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 2009	R128	Christophe Rochus	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data