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Denis Istomin #49 def. Marin Cilic #37

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 10, 2014*
Tournament	Sydney
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Denis Istomin
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Marin Cilic
Duration	1h 17m

Stat	Denis Istomin	Marin Cilic
Aces	2	8
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	61	69
First serve points won %	87	73
Second serve points won %	48	35
Break points saved %	100	33
Break points converted %	67	0
Service points won %	72	61
Return points won %	39	28
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Denis Istomin	Marin Cilic
Country	UZB	CRO
Birth date	Sep 7, 1986	Sep 28, 1988
Age	27	25
Height	188	198
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	49	37
Ranking points (entering)	945	1,130
Elo (entering)	1,811	1,975
Career W-L	191–245	572–344
Career earnings	$6,339,469	$33,355,926

Pre-match H2H

Denis Istomin 0 – 4 Marin Cilic

Path

Denis Istomin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2014	R32	Pablo Andujar	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Denis Istomin's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 11, 2014	QF	Dmitry Tursunov	6-7(5) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Marin Cilic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2014	R32	Jan-Lennard Struff	3-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data