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John Isner #13 def. Ernests Gulbis #22

7-6(4) 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Mar 14, 2014*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	John Isner
Score	7-6(4) 7-6(3)
Loser	Ernests Gulbis
Duration	1h 49m

Stat	John Isner	Ernests Gulbis
Aces	13	7
Double faults	3	7
First serve %	74	54
First serve points won %	81	76
Second serve points won %	43	54
Break points saved %	75	83
Break points converted %	17	25
Service points won %	71	66
Return points won %	34	29
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Isner	Ernests Gulbis
Country	USA	LAT
Birth date	Apr 26, 1985	Aug 30, 1988
Age	28	25
Height	208	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	13	22
Ranking points (entering)	2,320	1,616
Elo (entering)	1,986	2,065
Career W-L	467–293	221–232
Career earnings	$22,433,361	$7,668,948

Pre-match H2H

John Isner 1 – 2 Ernests Gulbis

Path

John Isner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2014	R16	Fernando Verdasco	7-6(3) 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2014	R32	Yen-Hsun Lu	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 2014	R64	Nikolay Davydenko	7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

John Isner's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2014	SF	Novak Djokovic	5-7 7-6(2) 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Ernests Gulbis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2014	R16	Roberto Bautista Agut	7-6(0) 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 11, 2014	R32	Grigor Dimitrov	2-6 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 2014	R64	Joao Sousa	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data