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Janko Tipsarevic #13 def. Potito Starace #53

6-7(6) 6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Oct 29, 2011*
Tournament	St. Petersburg
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Janko Tipsarevic
Score	6-7(6) 6-2 6-1
Loser	Potito Starace
Duration	2h 26m

Stat	Janko Tipsarevic	Potito Starace
Aces	12	2
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	52	57
First serve points won %	83	58
Second serve points won %	72	52
Break points saved %	100	56
Break points converted %	44	0
Service points won %	78	55
Return points won %	45	22
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Janko Tipsarevic	Potito Starace
Country	SRB	ITA
Birth date	Jun 22, 1984	Jul 14, 1981
Age	27	30
Height	180	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	13	53
Ranking points (entering)	2,245	870
Elo (entering)	2,017	1,710
Career W-L	245–240	147–188
Career earnings	$8,616,024	$3,796,316

Pre-match H2H

Janko Tipsarevic 2 – 0 Potito Starace

Path

Janko Tipsarevic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 2011	R16	Michael Berrer	6-3 2-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 2011	R32	Olivier Rochus	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Janko Tipsarevic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 2011	SF	Alex Bogomolov Jr	6-2 6-1	W	—	Match data

Potito Starace's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 2011	R16	Dmitry Tursunov	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 2011	R32	Ivan Nedelko	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data