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John Isner #22 def. Juan Martin del Potro #7

6-7(5) 7-6(9) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 17, 2013*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	John Isner
Score	6-7(5) 7-6(9) 6-3
Loser	Juan Martin del Potro
Duration	2h 48m

Stat	John Isner	Juan Martin del Potro
Aces	23	10
Double faults	6	9
First serve %	66	61
First serve points won %	77	72
Second serve points won %	49	57
Break points saved %	86	71
Break points converted %	29	14
Service points won %	68	66
Return points won %	34	32
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Isner	Juan Martin del Potro
Country	USA	ARG
Birth date	Apr 26, 1985	Sep 23, 1988
Age	28	24
Height	208	198
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	22	7
Ranking points (entering)	1,585	4,740
Elo (entering)	1,990	2,203
Career W-L	467–293	416–172
Career earnings	$22,433,361	$25,896,046

Pre-match H2H

John Isner 0 – 4 Juan Martin del Potro

Path

John Isner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 2013	QF	Novak Djokovic	7-6(5) 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 2013	R16	Milos Raonic	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 2013	R32	Richard Gasquet	7-6(6) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 2013	R64	Florian Mayer	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

John Isner's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 18, 2013	F	Rafael Nadal	6-7(8) 6-7(3)	L	H2H	Match data

Juan Martin del Potro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 2013	QF	Dmitry Tursunov	6-4 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 2013	R16	Feliciano Lopez	6-4 1-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 2013	R32	Nikolay Davydenko	7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data