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Ivo Karlovic #89 def. Yuichi Sugita #41

7-6(3) 6-7(3) 7-5 4-6 12-10

Match Information

Date	Jan 18, 2018*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Ivo Karlovic
Score	7-6(3) 6-7(3) 7-5 4-6 12-10
Loser	Yuichi Sugita
Duration	4h 33m

Stat	Ivo Karlovic	Yuichi Sugita
Aces	53	16
Double faults	10	14
First serve %	66	62
First serve points won %	85	83
Second serve points won %	53	52
Break points saved %	92	80
Break points converted %	20	8
Service points won %	74	71
Return points won %	29	26
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivo Karlovic	Yuichi Sugita
Country	CRO	JPN
Birth date	Feb 28, 1979	Sep 18, 1988
Age	38	29
Height	211	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	89	41
Ranking points (entering)	615	1,200
Elo (entering)	1,787	1,821
Career W-L	357–333	47–82
Career earnings	$10,160,232	$3,013,099

Pre-match H2H

Ivo Karlovic 0 – 0 Yuichi Sugita

Path

Ivo Karlovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2018	R128	Laslo Djere	7-6(3) 6-3 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data

Ivo Karlovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2018	R32	Andreas Seppi	3-6 6-7(4) 7-6(3) 7-6(5) 7-9	L	H2H	Match data

Yuichi Sugita's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2018	R128	Jack Sock	6-1 7-6(4) 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data