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Ricardo Mello #167 def. Alessandro Giannessi #162

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 28, 2012*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	Q2
Winner	Ricardo Mello
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Alessandro Giannessi
Duration	1h 11m

Stat	Ricardo Mello	Alessandro Giannessi
Aces	1	4
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	53	56
First serve points won %	74	67
Second serve points won %	62	38
Break points saved %	50	0
Break points converted %	100	50
Service points won %	69	54
Return points won %	46	31
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ricardo Mello	Alessandro Giannessi
Country	BRA	ITA
Birth date	Dec 21, 1980	May 30, 1990
Age	31	22
Height	175	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	167	162
Ranking points (entering)	306	324
Elo (entering)	1,622	1,567
Career W-L	52–87	12–22
Career earnings	$1,484,044	$1,466,504

Pre-match H2H

Ricardo Mello 0 – 0 Alessandro Giannessi

Path

Ricardo Mello's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2012	Q1	Joao Sousa	6-3 6-7(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Ricardo Mello's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2012	Q3	Rik De Voest	6-1 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Alessandro Giannessi's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2012	Q1	Victor Estrella	6-3 7-5	W	—	Match data