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Ivo Karlovic #221 def. Yuichi Sugita #131

6-3 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Aug 31, 2021*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	Q3
Winner	Ivo Karlovic
Score	6-3 7-6(5)
Loser	Yuichi Sugita
Duration	1h 21m

Stat	Ivo Karlovic	Yuichi Sugita
Aces	25	1
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	67	72
First serve points won %	88	66
Second serve points won %	55	67
Break points saved %	50	67
Break points converted %	33	50
Service points won %	77	66
Return points won %	34	23
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivo Karlovic	Yuichi Sugita
Country	CRO	JPN
Birth date	Feb 28, 1979	Sep 18, 1988
Age	42	32
Height	211	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	221	131
Ranking points (entering)	309	612
Elo (entering)	1,618	1,623
Career W-L	357–333	47–82
Career earnings	$10,160,232	$3,013,099

Pre-match H2H

Ivo Karlovic 1 – 0 Yuichi Sugita

Path

Ivo Karlovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2021	Q2	Hugo Dellien	7-5 6-7(1) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2021	Q1	Nikola Milojevic	6-4 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data

Ivo Karlovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 2021	R128	Andrey Rublev	3-6 6-7(3) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Yuichi Sugita's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2021	Q2	Thanasi Kokkinakis	7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2021	Q1	Mario Vilella Martinez	3-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data