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Denis Istomin #51 def. Juan Ignacio Chela #32

7-6(5) 6-7(7) 7-5

Match Information

Date	Mar 11, 2012*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Denis Istomin
Score	7-6(5) 6-7(7) 7-5
Loser	Juan Ignacio Chela
Duration	3h 22m

Stat	Denis Istomin	Juan Ignacio Chela
Aces	9	2
Double faults	4	7
First serve %	51	64
First serve points won %	65	54
Second serve points won %	53	59
Break points saved %	55	68
Break points converted %	32	45
Service points won %	59	56
Return points won %	44	41
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Denis Istomin	Juan Ignacio Chela
Country	UZB	ARG
Birth date	Sep 7, 1986	Aug 30, 1979
Age	25	32
Height	188	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	51	32
Ranking points (entering)	917	1,210
Elo (entering)	1,825	1,739
Career W-L	191–245	306–268
Career earnings	$6,339,469	$6,572,494

Pre-match H2H

Denis Istomin 0 – 0 Juan Ignacio Chela

Path

Denis Istomin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 2012	R128	Yen-Hsun Lu	7-6(6) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Denis Istomin's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2012	R32	David Ferrer	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Ignacio Chela's path

No prior matches in this tournament.