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Fernando Verdasco #10 def. John Isner #55

4-6 6-4 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 8, 2009*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Fernando Verdasco
Score	4-6 6-4 6-4 6-4
Loser	John Isner
Duration	2h 26m

Stat	Fernando Verdasco	John Isner
Aces	7	13
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	75	71
First serve points won %	75	72
Second serve points won %	62	53
Break points saved %	25	38
Break points converted %	62	75
Service points won %	72	67
Return points won %	33	28
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Fernando Verdasco	John Isner
Country	ESP	USA
Birth date	Nov 15, 1983	Apr 26, 1985
Age	25	24
Height	188	208
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	10	55
Ranking points (entering)	3,220	914
Elo (entering)	2,028	1,889
Career W-L	549–441	467–293
Career earnings	$18,368,908	$22,433,361

Pre-match H2H

Fernando Verdasco 0 – 0 John Isner

Path

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2009	R32	Tommy Haas	3-6 7-5 7-6(8) 1-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2009	R64	Florent Serra	6-3 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2009	R128	Benjamin Becker	7-5 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Verdasco's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 2009	QF	Novak Djokovic	6-7(2) 6-1 5-7 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

John Isner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2009	R32	Andy Roddick	7-6(3) 6-3 3-6 5-7 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2009	R64	Marsel Ilhan	6-3 6-4 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2009	R128	Victor Hanescu	6-1 7-6(14) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data