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Grega Zemlja #99 def. Yannick Mertens #221

6-1 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 28, 2012*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	Q3
Winner	Grega Zemlja
Score	6-1 6-3
Loser	Yannick Mertens
Duration	1h 7m

Stat	Grega Zemlja	Yannick Mertens
Aces	7	3
Double faults	5	1
First serve %	55	53
First serve points won %	79	48
Second serve points won %	35	36
Break points saved %	33	33
Break points converted %	67	67
Service points won %	59	42
Return points won %	58	41
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Grega Zemlja	Yannick Mertens
Country	SLO	BEL
Birth date	Sep 29, 1986	Jun 25, 1987
Age	25	25
Height	183	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	99	221
Ranking points (entering)	553	220
Elo (entering)	1,624	1,551
Career W-L	27–35	1–2
Career earnings	$1,242,858	$530,921

Pre-match H2H

Grega Zemlja 0 – 0 Yannick Mertens

Path

Grega Zemlja's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2012	Q2	Matwe Middelkoop	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2012	Q1	Christian Harrison	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Grega Zemlja's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2012	R128	Ricardo Mello	7-5 7-6(3) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Yannick Mertens's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2012	Q2	Adrian Menendez Maceiras	7-5 6-0	W	—	Match data
Aug 27, 2012	Q1	Yuichi Sugita	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data