Somdev Devvarman #110 def. Izak Van der Merwe #170

6-2 6-4

Somdev Devvarman defeated Izak Van der Merwe 6-2 6-4 in the 2011 Johannesburg semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Feb 5, 2011*
Tournament: Johannesburg
Edition: 2011
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 27m

Match Statistics

Stat	Somdev Devvarman	Izak Van der Merwe
Aces	2	5
Double faults	0	5
First serve %	65	47
First serve points won %	77	72
Second serve points won %	76	44
Break points saved %	100	67
Break points converted %	33	0
Service points won %	77	57
Return points won %	43	23
Total points won %	57	43

Player Comparison

Field	Somdev Devvarman	Izak Van der Merwe
Country	IND	RSA
Birth date	Feb 13, 1985	Jan 26, 1984
Age	25	27
Height	180 cm	196 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	110	170
Ranking points (entering)	507	316
Elo (entering)	1,662	1,581
Current career W-L	49–71	7–7
Current career earnings	$1,459,122	$430,017

Pre-match H2H

Somdev Devvarman #110 0 – 0 Izak Van der Merwe #170

Path

Somdev Devvarman's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Rik De Voest #183	3-6 7-6(5) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 5, 2011	QF
Jesse Huta Galung #120	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 4, 2011	R16
Raven Klaasen #307	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 3, 2011	R32

Somdev Devvarman's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Kevin Anderson #59	6-4 3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 6, 2011	F

Izak Van der Merwe's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Simon Greul #130	7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 5, 2011	QF
Dustin Brown #89	4-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 4, 2011	R16
Stephane Robert #123	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 3, 2011	R32