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John Isner #22 def. Gilles Simon #12

7-6(2) 3-6 7-6(2) 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Sep 6, 2011*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	John Isner
Score	7-6(2) 3-6 7-6(2) 7-6(4)
Loser	Gilles Simon
Duration	3h 39m

Stat	John Isner	Gilles Simon
Aces	26	6
Double faults	5	1
First serve %	63	69
First serve points won %	67	73
Second serve points won %	59	52
Break points saved %	58	56
Break points converted %	44	42
Service points won %	64	66
Return points won %	34	36
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Isner	Gilles Simon
Country	USA	FRA
Birth date	Apr 26, 1985	Dec 27, 1984
Age	26	26
Height	208	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	22	12
Ranking points (entering)	1,545	2,325
Elo (entering)	1,989	2,041
Career W-L	467–293	493–379
Career earnings	$22,433,361	$16,045,734

Pre-match H2H

John Isner 0 – 0 Gilles Simon

Path

John Isner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2011	R32	Alex Bogomolov Jr	7-6(9) 6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data
Sep 1, 2011	R64	Robby Ginepri	6-4 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2011	R128	Marcos Baghdatis	7-6(2) 7-6(11) 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

John Isner's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 2011	QF	Andy Murray	5-7 4-6 6-3 6-7(2)	L	H2H	Match data

Gilles Simon's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2011	R32	Juan Martin del Potro	4-6 7-6(5) 6-2 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2011	R64	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez	6-4 6-7(4) 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2011	R128	Ricardo Mello	3-6 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data