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Novak Djokovic #4 def. Radek Stepanek #16

6-1 6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 8, 2009*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	6-1 6-3 6-3
Loser	Radek Stepanek
Duration	1h 46m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Radek Stepanek
Aces	5	4
Double faults	3	1
First serve %	62	61
First serve points won %	76	53
Second serve points won %	57	45
Break points saved %	67	54
Break points converted %	46	33
Service points won %	69	50
Return points won %	50	31
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Radek Stepanek
Country	SRB	CZE
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Nov 27, 1978
Age	22	30
Height	188	186
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	16
Ranking points (entering)	7,660	2,000
Elo (entering)	2,163	1,961
Career W-L	1,122–223	366–283
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$11,343,464

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 3 – 1 Radek Stepanek

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2009	R32	Jesse Witten	6-7(2) 6-3 7-6(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2009	R64	Carsten Ball	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2009	R128	Ivan Ljubicic	6-3 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

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

Radek Stepanek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2009	R32	Philipp Kohlschreiber	4-6 6-2 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2009	R64	Leonardo Mayer	7-6(5) 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2009	R128	Simone Bolelli	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data