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Ivo Karlovic #109 def. Michal Mertinak #198

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

Match Information

Date	Aug 26, 2003*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	Q2
Winner	Ivo Karlovic
Score	3-6 7-6(5) 6-4
Loser	Michal Mertinak

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivo Karlovic	Michal Mertinak
Country	CRO	SVK
Birth date	Feb 28, 1979	Oct 11, 1979
Age	24	23
Height	211	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	109	198
Ranking points (entering)	347	188
Elo (entering)	1,597	1,539
Career W-L	357–333	4–11
Career earnings	$10,160,232	$1,511,590

Pre-match H2H

Ivo Karlovic 0 – 0 Michal Mertinak

Path

Ivo Karlovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 25, 2003	Q1	Takahiro Terachi	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Ivo Karlovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 26, 2003	Q3	Dudi Sela	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Michal Mertinak's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 25, 2003	Q1	Jean Francois Bachelot	4-6 7-5 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data