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Juan Martin del Potro #9 def. Ernests Gulbis #51

4-6 6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 16, 2009*
Tournament	Auckland
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Juan Martin del Potro
Score	4-6 6-4 6-1
Loser	Ernests Gulbis
Duration	1h 43m

Stat	Juan Martin del Potro	Ernests Gulbis
Aces	4	8
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	61	66
First serve points won %	78	67
Second serve points won %	50	36
Break points saved %	25	25
Break points converted %	75	75
Service points won %	67	57
Return points won %	43	33
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Juan Martin del Potro	Ernests Gulbis
Country	ARG	LAT
Birth date	Sep 23, 1988	Aug 30, 1988
Age	20	20
Height	198	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	9	51
Ranking points (entering)	3,890	1,428
Elo (entering)	1,975	1,833
Career W-L	416–172	221–232
Career earnings	$25,896,046	$7,668,948

Pre-match H2H

Juan Martin del Potro 1 – 0 Ernests Gulbis

Path

Juan Martin del Potro's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Juan Martin del Potro's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2009	QF	Viktor Troicki	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Ernests Gulbis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2009	R32	Marcel Granollers	6-4 6-7(5) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data