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Alexander Zverev #48 def. Joao Sousa #28

6-4 4-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 21, 2016*
Tournament	Nice
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Alexander Zverev
Score	6-4 4-6 6-2
Loser	Joao Sousa
Duration	2h 14m

Stat	Alexander Zverev	Joao Sousa
Aces	7	1
Double faults	8	2
First serve %	62	64
First serve points won %	65	65
Second serve points won %	46	45
Break points saved %	67	55
Break points converted %	45	33
Service points won %	58	58
Return points won %	42	42
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alexander Zverev	Joao Sousa
Country	GER	POR
Birth date	Apr 20, 1997	Mar 30, 1989
Age	19	27
Height	198	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	48	28
Ranking points (entering)	930	1,335
Elo (entering)	1,934	1,870
Career W-L	528–215	189–247
Career earnings	$66,017,932	$8,340,548

Pre-match H2H

Alexander Zverev 0 – 0 Joao Sousa

Path

Alexander Zverev's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 21, 2016	QF	Gilles Simon	6-3 6-7(6) 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
May 20, 2016	R16	Marcel Granollers	7-5 6-7(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2016	R32	Kyle Edmund	5-7 7-5 0-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Alexander Zverev's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 22, 2016	F	Dominic Thiem	4-6 6-3 0-6	L	H2H	Match data

Joao Sousa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 21, 2016	QF	Kevin Anderson	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 20, 2016	R16	Victor Estrella	3-6 6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data
May 19, 2016	R32	Quentin Halys	5-7 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data