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Ivo Karlovic #136 def. Florin Mergea #1097

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Apr 8, 2013
Tournament	Houston
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	Q2
Winner	Ivo Karlovic
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Florin Mergea
Duration	1h 7m

Stat	Ivo Karlovic	Florin Mergea
Aces	13	2
Double faults	0	6
First serve %	71	57
First serve points won %	81	57
Second serve points won %	40	54
Break points saved %	0	43
Break points converted %	57	100
Service points won %	69	56
Return points won %	44	31
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivo Karlovic	Florin Mergea
Country	CRO	ROU
Birth date	Feb 28, 1979	Jan 26, 1985
Age	34	28
Height	211	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	136	1,097
Ranking points (entering)	395	6
Elo (entering)	1,702	1,476
Career W-L	357–333	2–2
Career earnings	$10,160,232	$1,682,712

Pre-match H2H

Ivo Karlovic 0 – 0 Florin Mergea

Path

Ivo Karlovic's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Ivo Karlovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 9, 2013	Q3	Gerald Melzer	4-6 6-7(3)	L	H2H	Match data

Florin Mergea's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 8, 2013	Q1	William Boe Wiegaard	6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data