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Ivo Karlovic #14 def. Jan Minar #303

7-5 6-1 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 27, 2008*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R128
Winner	Ivo Karlovic
Score	7-5 6-1 6-4
Loser	Jan Minar
Duration	1h 59m

Stat	Ivo Karlovic	Jan Minar
Aces	28	0
Double faults	7	6
First serve %	58	61
First serve points won %	89	65
Second serve points won %	42	44
Break points saved %	83	58
Break points converted %	42	17
Service points won %	69	57
Return points won %	43	31
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivo Karlovic	Jan Minar
Country	CRO	CZE
Birth date	Feb 28, 1979	Apr 9, 1981
Age	29	27
Height	211	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	14	303
Ranking points (entering)	1,405	118
Elo (entering)	1,842	1,539
Career W-L	357–333	0–2
Career earnings	$10,160,232	$270,701

Pre-match H2H

Ivo Karlovic 0 – 0 Jan Minar

Path

Ivo Karlovic's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Ivo Karlovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2008	R64	Florent Serra	7-6(5) 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Jan Minar's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 26, 2008	Q3	Giovanni Lapentti	2-6 7-5 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 26, 2008	Q2	Victor Estrella	3-6 6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data
Aug 25, 2008	Q1	Josselin Ouanna	6-3 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data