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Ivo Karlovic #36 def. Fernando Verdasco #8

7-6(5) 6-7(4) 6-3 7-6(9)

Match Information

Date	Jun 30, 2009*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	Ivo Karlovic
Score	7-6(5) 6-7(4) 6-3 7-6(9)
Loser	Fernando Verdasco
Duration	3h 1m

Stat	Ivo Karlovic	Fernando Verdasco
Aces	36	7
Double faults	5	8
First serve %	72	68
First serve points won %	94	82
Second serve points won %	57	57
Break points saved %	—	83
Break points converted %	17	—
Service points won %	83	74
Return points won %	26	17
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivo Karlovic	Fernando Verdasco
Country	CRO	ESP
Birth date	Feb 28, 1979	Nov 15, 1983
Age	30	25
Height	211	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	36	8
Ranking points (entering)	1,295	3,620
Elo (entering)	1,851	2,014
Career W-L	357–333	549–441
Career earnings	$10,160,232	$18,368,908

Pre-match H2H

Ivo Karlovic 2 – 1 Fernando Verdasco

Path

Ivo Karlovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 2009	R32	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	7-6(5) 6-7(5) 7-5 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 2009	R64	Steve Darcis	7-5 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 2009	R128	Lukas Lacko	6-3 7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Ivo Karlovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 2009	QF	Roger Federer	3-6 5-7 6-7(3)	L	H2H	Match data

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 2009	R32	Albert Montanes	4-6 6-1 6-4 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 2009	R64	Kristof Vliegen	7-6(3) 6-7(3) 7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 2009	R128	James Ward	6-1 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data