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Ivo Karlovic #103 def. Benjamin Becker #49

7-6(5) 7-5

Match Information

Date	Feb 17, 2007*
Tournament	San Jose
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Ivo Karlovic
Score	7-6(5) 7-5
Loser	Benjamin Becker
Duration	1h 41m

Stat	Ivo Karlovic	Benjamin Becker
Aces	27	8
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	72	51
First serve points won %	84	73
Second serve points won %	65	62
Break points saved %	100	50
Break points converted %	50	0
Service points won %	79	68
Return points won %	32	21
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivo Karlovic	Benjamin Becker
Country	CRO	GER
Birth date	Feb 28, 1979	Jun 16, 1981
Age	27	25
Height	211	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	103	49
Ranking points (entering)	416	743
Elo (entering)	1,696	1,751
Career W-L	357–333	153–215
Career earnings	$10,160,232	$4,399,584

Pre-match H2H

Ivo Karlovic 0 – 0 Benjamin Becker

Path

Ivo Karlovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 2007	QF	Mardy Fish	7-6(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 2007	R16	James Blake	6-7(4) 7-6(11) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 2007	R32	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez	6-3 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data

Ivo Karlovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 2007	F	Andy Murray	7-6(3) 4-6 6-7(2)	L	H2H	Match data

Benjamin Becker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 2007	QF	Marat Safin	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 2007	R16	Bjorn Phau	7-6(4) 1-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 2007	R32	Dusan Vemic	6-4 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data