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Tennys Sandgren #56 def. Ivo Karlovic #88

7-6(2) 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Apr 14, 2018*
Tournament	Houston
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Tennys Sandgren
Score	7-6(2) 7-6(4)
Loser	Ivo Karlovic
Duration	1h 37m

Stat	Tennys Sandgren	Ivo Karlovic
Aces	5	10
Double faults	5	1
First serve %	63	59
First serve points won %	84	83
Second serve points won %	52	61
Break points saved %	60	60
Break points converted %	40	40
Service points won %	72	74
Return points won %	26	28
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tennys Sandgren	Ivo Karlovic
Country	USA	CRO
Birth date	Jul 22, 1991	Feb 28, 1979
Age	26	39
Height	188	211
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	56	88
Ranking points (entering)	898	645
Elo (entering)	1,682	1,789
Career W-L	47–75	357–333
Career earnings	$3,581,949	$10,160,232

Pre-match H2H

Tennys Sandgren 0 – 0 Ivo Karlovic

Path

Tennys Sandgren's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2018	QF	Guido Pella	4-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 2018	R16	Nicolas Kicker	6-2 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 12, 2018	R32	Blaz Kavcic	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Tennys Sandgren's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 15, 2018	F	Steve Johnson	6-7(2) 6-2 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Ivo Karlovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2018	QF	Nick Kyrgios	3-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 2018	R16	Denis Kudla	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 12, 2018	R32	Taro Daniel	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data