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Juan Martin del Potro #11 def. Philipp Kohlschreiber #41

6-4 6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 24, 2012*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Juan Martin del Potro
Score	6-4 6-2 6-1
Loser	Philipp Kohlschreiber
Duration	2h 6m

Stat	Juan Martin del Potro	Philipp Kohlschreiber
Aces	5	3
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	62	57
First serve points won %	81	64
Second serve points won %	54	24
Break points saved %	67	56
Break points converted %	44	33
Service points won %	71	47
Return points won %	53	29
Total points won %	61	39

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Juan Martin del Potro	Philipp Kohlschreiber
Country	ARG	GER
Birth date	Sep 23, 1988	Oct 16, 1983
Age	23	28
Height	198	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	11	41
Ranking points (entering)	2,315	1,005
Elo (entering)	2,047	1,914
Career W-L	416–172	444–372
Career earnings	$25,896,046	$13,758,395

Pre-match H2H

Juan Martin del Potro 4 – 1 Philipp Kohlschreiber

Path

Juan Martin del Potro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2012	R32	Yen-Hsun Lu	6-2 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2012	R64	Blaz Kavcic	6-4 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2012	R128	Adrian Mannarino	2-6 6-1 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Martin del Potro's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2012	QF	Roger Federer	4-6 3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Philipp Kohlschreiber's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2012	R32	Alejandro Falla	6-3 6-2 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2012	R64	Pere Riba	6-0 4-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2012	R128	Juan Monaco	7-5 4-6 6-3 6-7(4) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data