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Izak Van der Merwe #170 def. Simon Greul #130

7-6(5) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Feb 5, 2011*
Tournament	Johannesburg
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Izak Van der Merwe
Score	7-6(5) 6-2
Loser	Simon Greul
Duration	1h 41m

Stat	Izak Van der Merwe	Simon Greul
Aces	11	2
Double faults	4	7
First serve %	60	51
First serve points won %	74	65
Second serve points won %	52	55
Break points saved %	67	62
Break points converted %	38	33
Service points won %	65	60
Return points won %	40	35
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Izak Van der Merwe	Simon Greul
Country	RSA	GER
Birth date	Jan 26, 1984	Apr 13, 1981
Age	27	29
Height	196	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	170	130
Ranking points (entering)	316	440
Elo (entering)	1,562	1,658
Career W-L	7–7	43–73
Career earnings	$430,017	$1,320,952

Pre-match H2H

Izak Van der Merwe 0 – 0 Simon Greul

Path

Izak Van der Merwe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 4, 2011	R16	Dustin Brown	4-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 3, 2011	R32	Stephane Robert	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Izak Van der Merwe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 5, 2011	SF	Somdev Devvarman	2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Simon Greul's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 4, 2011	R16	Milos Raonic	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 3, 2011	R32	Thiago Alves	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data