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Grigor Dimitrov #15 def. Denis Istomin #117

2-6 7-6(2) 6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 24, 2017*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Grigor Dimitrov
Score	2-6 7-6(2) 6-2 6-1
Loser	Denis Istomin
Duration	2h 24m

Stat	Grigor Dimitrov	Denis Istomin
Aces	7	14
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	73	70
First serve points won %	81	66
Second serve points won %	62	45
Break points saved %	71	43
Break points converted %	57	29
Service points won %	76	60
Return points won %	40	24
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Grigor Dimitrov	Denis Istomin
Country	BUL	UZB
Birth date	May 16, 1991	Sep 7, 1986
Age	25	30
Height	191	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	15	117
Ranking points (entering)	2,135	498
Elo (entering)	2,119	1,813
Career W-L	476–310	191–245
Career earnings	$31,866,006	$6,339,469

Pre-match H2H

Grigor Dimitrov 1 – 0 Denis Istomin

Path

Grigor Dimitrov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2017	R32	Richard Gasquet	6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2017	R64	Hyeon Chung	1-6 6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2017	R128	Christopher O'Connell	7-6(2) 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Grigor Dimitrov's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2017	QF	David Goffin	6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Denis Istomin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2017	R32	Pablo Carreno Busta	6-4 4-6 6-4 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2017	R64	Novak Djokovic	7-6(8) 5-7 2-6 7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2017	R128	Ivan Dodig	6-1 6-4 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data