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Ivo Karlovic #31 def. Sam Groth #123

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 12, 2014*
Tournament	Newport
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Ivo Karlovic
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Sam Groth
Duration	1h 6m

Stat	Ivo Karlovic	Sam Groth
Aces	9	10
Double faults	6	7
First serve %	58	55
First serve points won %	88	89
Second serve points won %	57	43
Break points saved %	100	33
Break points converted %	67	0
Service points won %	75	69
Return points won %	31	25
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivo Karlovic	Sam Groth
Country	CRO	AUS
Birth date	Feb 28, 1979	Oct 19, 1987
Age	35	26
Height	211	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	31	123
Ranking points (entering)	1,175	498
Elo (entering)	1,823	1,698
Career W-L	357–333	36–57
Career earnings	$10,160,232	$1,950,436

Pre-match H2H

Ivo Karlovic 1 – 0 Sam Groth

Path

Ivo Karlovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 12, 2014	QF	Dudi Sela	7-6(3) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 11, 2014	R16	Sergiy Stakhovsky	7-5 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 10, 2014	R32	Robby Ginepri	7-6(2) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Ivo Karlovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 13, 2014	F	Lleyton Hewitt	3-6 7-6(4) 6-7(3)	L	H2H	Match data

Sam Groth's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 12, 2014	QF	Nicolas Mahut	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 11, 2014	R16	Malek Jaziri	7-6(7) 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 10, 2014	R32	Donald Young	7-6(7) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data