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Steve Johnson #46 def. Liam Caruana #397

7-5 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Jan 10, 2018*
Tournament	Auckland
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Steve Johnson
Score	7-5 7-6(4)
Loser	Liam Caruana
Duration	1h 44m

Stat	Steve Johnson	Liam Caruana
Aces	12	7
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	55	51
First serve points won %	79	78
Second serve points won %	63	53
Break points saved %	80	50
Break points converted %	50	20
Service points won %	72	65
Return points won %	35	28
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Steve Johnson	Liam Caruana
Country	USA	ITA
Birth date	Dec 24, 1989	Jan 22, 1998
Age	28	19
Height	188	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	46	397
Ranking points (entering)	1,055	100
Elo (entering)	1,835	1,509
Career W-L	196–201	0–1
Career earnings	$8,082,688	$102,916

Pre-match H2H

Steve Johnson 0 – 0 Liam Caruana

Path

Steve Johnson's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Steve Johnson's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 11, 2018	R16	Roberto Bautista Agut	6-2 2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Liam Caruana's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 2018	Q1	Blaz Kavcic	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data