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Max Purcell #205 def. Matteo Arnaldi #134

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 17, 2023*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	Q3
Winner	Max Purcell
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Matteo Arnaldi
Duration	1h 15m

Stat	Max Purcell	Matteo Arnaldi
Aces	11	4
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	75	65
First serve points won %	77	54
Second serve points won %	40	50
Break points saved %	86	60
Break points converted %	40	14
Service points won %	68	52
Return points won %	48	32
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Max Purcell	Matteo Arnaldi
Country	AUS	ITA
Birth date	Apr 3, 1998	Feb 22, 2001
Age	24	21
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	205	134
Ranking points (entering)	268	421
Elo (entering)	1,619	1,559
Career W-L	31–49	71–73
Career earnings	$4,685,745	$5,776,162

Pre-match H2H

Max Purcell 0 – 0 Matteo Arnaldi

Path

Max Purcell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2023	Q2	Damir Dzumhur	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2023	Q1	Marco Cecchinato	6-2 3-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Max Purcell's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2023	R128	Emil Ruusuvuori	6-4 3-6 4-6 6-7(11)	L	H2H	Match data

Matteo Arnaldi's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2023	Q2	Alex Bolt	5-7 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2023	Q1	Alexander Ritschard	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data