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Denis Kudla #61 def. Ivo Karlovic #30

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

Match Information

Date	May 3, 2016*
Tournament	Madrid Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R64
Winner	Denis Kudla
Score	6-7(7) 7-6(5) 7-6(4)
Loser	Ivo Karlovic
Duration	2h 33m

Stat	Denis Kudla	Ivo Karlovic
Aces	10	30
Double faults	2	8
First serve %	70	66
First serve points won %	72	85
Second serve points won %	63	41
Break points saved %	88	67
Break points converted %	33	12
Service points won %	70	70
Return points won %	30	30
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Denis Kudla	Ivo Karlovic
Country	USA	CRO
Birth date	Aug 17, 1992	Feb 28, 1979
Age	23	37
Height	180	211
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	61	30
Ranking points (entering)	794	1,315
Elo (entering)	1,786	1,807
Career W-L	71–131	357–333
Career earnings	$4,712,965	$10,160,232

Pre-match H2H

Denis Kudla 1 – 1 Ivo Karlovic

Path

Denis Kudla's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 1, 2016	Q2	Benjamin Becker	2-6 7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 1, 2016	Q1	Matthias Bachinger	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Denis Kudla's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 4, 2016	R32	David Ferrer	4-6 6-4 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Ivo Karlovic's path

No prior matches in this tournament.