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Carsten Ball #205 def. John Isner #77

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 1, 2009*
Tournament	Los Angeles
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Carsten Ball
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	John Isner
Duration	1h 3m

Stat	Carsten Ball	John Isner
Aces	9	2
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	57	71
First serve points won %	76	68
Second serve points won %	65	60
Break points saved %	100	0
Break points converted %	100	0
Service points won %	72	65
Return points won %	35	28
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Carsten Ball	John Isner
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Jun 20, 1987	Apr 26, 1985
Age	22	24
Height	198	208
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	205	77
Ranking points (entering)	311	779
Elo (entering)	1,560	1,780
Career W-L	8–12	467–293
Career earnings	$671,061	$22,433,361

Pre-match H2H

Carsten Ball 0 – 0 John Isner

Path

Carsten Ball's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 31, 2009	R16	Dmitry Tursunov	6-4 0-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 30, 2009	R32	Marc Gicquel	6-2 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 28, 2009	Q3	Donald Young	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 27, 2009	Q2	Go Soeda	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 27, 2009	Q1	Daniel Yoo	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Carsten Ball's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 1, 2009	SF	Leonardo Mayer	7-5 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

John Isner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 31, 2009	R16	Marcos Baghdatis	6-3 7-6(11)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 30, 2009	R32	Benjamin Becker	7-6(8) 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data