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Denis Kudla #190 def. Steve Johnson #48

6-7(5) 6-3 7-6(3) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 17, 2018*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R128
Winner	Denis Kudla
Score	6-7(5) 6-3 7-6(3) 6-2
Loser	Steve Johnson
Duration	2h 49m

Stat	Denis Kudla	Steve Johnson
Aces	9	13
Double faults	5	9
First serve %	57	47
First serve points won %	74	71
Second serve points won %	64	51
Break points saved %	50	55
Break points converted %	45	50
Service points won %	70	61
Return points won %	39	30
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Denis Kudla	Steve Johnson
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Aug 17, 1992	Dec 24, 1989
Age	25	28
Height	180	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	190	48
Ranking points (entering)	272	1,010
Elo (entering)	1,631	1,829
Career W-L	71–131	196–201
Career earnings	$4,712,965	$8,082,688

Pre-match H2H

Denis Kudla 0 – 1 Steve Johnson

Path

Denis Kudla's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2018	Q3	Matteo Berrettini	4-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2018	Q2	Tobias Kamke	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2018	Q1	Roberto Carballes Baena	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Denis Kudla's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2018	R64	Dominic Thiem	7-6(6) 6-3 3-6 2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Steve Johnson's path

No prior matches in this tournament.