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Ivo Karlovic #24 def. Dudi Sela #66

6-7(5) 6-4 6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 17, 2008*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Ivo Karlovic
Score	6-7(5) 6-4 6-3 6-1
Loser	Dudi Sela
Duration	2h 45m

Stat	Ivo Karlovic	Dudi Sela
Aces	15	0
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	63	70
First serve points won %	82	58
Second serve points won %	49	72
Break points saved %	100	62
Break points converted %	38	0
Service points won %	70	62
Return points won %	38	30
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivo Karlovic	Dudi Sela
Country	CRO	ISR
Birth date	Feb 28, 1979	Apr 4, 1985
Age	28	22
Height	211	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	24	66
Ranking points (entering)	1,360	573
Elo (entering)	1,919	1,625
Career W-L	357–333	120–168
Career earnings	$10,160,232	$4,003,831

Pre-match H2H

Ivo Karlovic 1 – 0 Dudi Sela

Path

Ivo Karlovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2008	R128	Jamie Baker	6-4 6-4 6-7(1) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Ivo Karlovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2008	R32	Mikhail Youzhny	2-6 4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Dudi Sela's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2008	R128	Martin Slanar	6-2 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data