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Yuichi Sugita #136 def. Jozef Kovalik #203

6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 20, 2015*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	Q2
Winner	Yuichi Sugita
Score	6-2 6-1
Loser	Jozef Kovalik
Duration	1h 3m

Stat	Yuichi Sugita	Jozef Kovalik
Aces	6	5
Double faults	0	4
First serve %	71	50
First serve points won %	79	62
Second serve points won %	58	31
Break points saved %	100	71
Break points converted %	29	0
Service points won %	73	46
Return points won %	54	27
Total points won %	61	39

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Yuichi Sugita	Jozef Kovalik
Country	JPN	SVK
Birth date	Sep 18, 1988	Nov 4, 1992
Age	26	22
Height	175	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	136	203
Ranking points (entering)	408	243
Elo (entering)	1,596	1,516
Career W-L	47–82	26–46
Career earnings	$3,013,099	$2,293,813

Pre-match H2H

Yuichi Sugita 0 – 0 Jozef Kovalik

Path

Yuichi Sugita's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2015	Q1	Tennys Sandgren	3-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Yuichi Sugita's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2015	Q3	Alexander Kudryavtsev	5-7 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jozef Kovalik's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2015	Q1	Gianni Mina	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data