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Matteo Viola #153 def. Rik De Voest #126

4-6 7-6(5) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 17, 2012*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	Q3
Winner	Matteo Viola
Score	4-6 7-6(5) 6-4
Loser	Rik De Voest
Duration	2h 42m

Stat	Matteo Viola	Rik De Voest
Aces	2	0
Double faults	3	1
First serve %	63	73
First serve points won %	62	54
Second serve points won %	49	58
Break points saved %	44	58
Break points converted %	42	56
Service points won %	57	55
Return points won %	45	43
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Matteo Viola	Rik De Voest
Country	ITA	RSA
Birth date	Jul 7, 1987	Jun 5, 1980
Age	24	31
Height	185	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	153	126
Ranking points (entering)	335	459
Elo (entering)	1,492	1,673
Career W-L	4–13	19–38
Career earnings	$821,594	$1,349,991

Pre-match H2H

Matteo Viola 0 – 0 Rik De Voest

Path

Matteo Viola's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2012	Q2	Antonio Veic	6-7(1) 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2012	Q1	Dusan Lajovic	6-2 6-7(6) 8-6	W	H2H	Match data

Matteo Viola's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2012	R128	Santiago Giraldo	4-6 2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Rik De Voest's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2012	Q2	Farrukh Dustov	6-7(4) 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2012	Q1	Maxime Authom	6-0 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data