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Jurgen Melzer #66 def. Potito Starace #61

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

Match Information

Date	Jul 19, 2008*
Tournament	Kitzbuhel
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Jurgen Melzer
Score	6-4 6-7(6) 6-3
Loser	Potito Starace
Duration	2h 4m

Stat	Jurgen Melzer	Potito Starace
Aces	8	2
Double faults	6	1
First serve %	57	74
First serve points won %	79	62
Second serve points won %	52	65
Break points saved %	75	60
Break points converted %	40	25
Service points won %	67	63
Return points won %	37	33
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jurgen Melzer	Potito Starace
Country	AUT	ITA
Birth date	May 22, 1981	Jul 14, 1981
Age	27	27
Height	183	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	66	61
Ranking points (entering)	614	645
Elo (entering)	1,722	1,719
Career W-L	326–303	147–188
Career earnings	$10,739,212	$3,796,316

Pre-match H2H

Jurgen Melzer 0 – 0 Potito Starace

Path

Jurgen Melzer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 19, 2008	QF	Rainer Schuettler	2-6 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 18, 2008	R16	Leonardo Mayer	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 2008	R32	Luis Horna	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Jurgen Melzer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 20, 2008	F	Juan Martin del Potro	2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Potito Starace's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 19, 2008	QF	Eduardo Schwank	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 18, 2008	R16	Daniel Koellerer	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 17, 2008	R32	Santiago Giraldo	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data