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Steve Johnson #51 def. Tennys Sandgren #56

7-6(2) 2-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Apr 15, 2018*
Tournament	Houston
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Steve Johnson
Score	7-6(2) 2-6 6-4
Loser	Tennys Sandgren
Duration	2h 22m

Stat	Steve Johnson	Tennys Sandgren
Aces	5	6
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	59	57
First serve points won %	75	69
Second serve points won %	54	57
Break points saved %	40	86
Break points converted %	14	60
Service points won %	67	64
Return points won %	36	33
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Steve Johnson	Tennys Sandgren
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Dec 24, 1989	Jul 22, 1991
Age	28	26
Height	188	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	51	56
Ranking points (entering)	975	898
Elo (entering)	1,871	1,703
Career W-L	196–201	47–75
Career earnings	$8,082,688	$3,581,949

Pre-match H2H

Steve Johnson 0 – 0 Tennys Sandgren

Path

Steve Johnson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2018	SF	Taylor Fritz	7-5 6-7(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2018	QF	John Isner	7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 2018	R16	Frances Tiafoe	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 12, 2018	R32	Ernesto Escobedo	3-6 7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Steve Johnson's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Tennys Sandgren's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2018	SF	Ivo Karlovic	7-6(2) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2018	QF	Guido Pella	4-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 2018	R16	Nicolas Kicker	6-2 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 12, 2018	R32	Blaz Kavcic	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data