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Kevin Anderson #8 def. Fernando Verdasco #30

6-3 3-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 27, 2018*
Tournament	Vienna
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Kevin Anderson
Score	6-3 3-6 6-4
Loser	Fernando Verdasco
Duration	2h 26m

Stat	Kevin Anderson	Fernando Verdasco
Aces	19	7
Double faults	1	8
First serve %	71	59
First serve points won %	77	77
Second serve points won %	38	41
Break points saved %	50	70
Break points converted %	30	50
Service points won %	66	62
Return points won %	38	34
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kevin Anderson	Fernando Verdasco
Country	RSA	ESP
Birth date	May 18, 1986	Nov 15, 1983
Age	32	34
Height	203	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	30
Ranking points (entering)	3,730	1,410
Elo (entering)	2,091	1,937
Career W-L	347–251	549–441
Career earnings	$17,791,917	$18,368,908

Pre-match H2H

Kevin Anderson 3 – 5 Fernando Verdasco

Path

Kevin Anderson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 2018	QF	Borna Coric	7-6(2) 1-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 2018	R16	Jurgen Melzer	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 2018	R32	Nikoloz Basilashvili	4-6 7-6(6) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Kevin Anderson's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 2018	F	Kei Nishikori	6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 2018	QF	Gael Monfils	6-4 2-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 2018	R16	Kyle Edmund	6-4 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 2018	R32	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	6-7(6) 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data