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Elias Ymer #140 def. Dennis Novikov #238

6-7(3) 6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 16, 2018*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	Q2
Winner	Elias Ymer
Score	6-7(3) 6-3 6-3
Loser	Dennis Novikov
Duration	1h 43m

Stat	Elias Ymer	Dennis Novikov
Aces	16	13
Double faults	2	6
First serve %	72	60
First serve points won %	80	81
Second serve points won %	64	45
Break points saved %	100	57
Break points converted %	43	0
Service points won %	75	66
Return points won %	34	25
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Elias Ymer	Dennis Novikov
Country	SWE	USA
Birth date	Apr 10, 1996	Nov 6, 1993
Age	21	24
Height	185	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	140	238
Ranking points (entering)	398	224
Elo (entering)	1,616	1,625
Career W-L	29–68	5–11
Career earnings	$2,413,873	$662,411

Pre-match H2H

Elias Ymer 0 – 0 Dennis Novikov

Path

Elias Ymer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2018	Q1	Kenny De Schepper	6-2 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data

Elias Ymer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2018	Q3	Darian King	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Dennis Novikov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2018	Q1	Marinko Matosevic	6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data