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Ivo Karlovic #108 def. Mariano Zabaleta #156

6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	Apr 15, 2007*
Tournament	Houston
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Ivo Karlovic
Score	6-4 6-1
Loser	Mariano Zabaleta
Duration	1h 19m

Stat	Ivo Karlovic	Mariano Zabaleta
Aces	10	0
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	68	65
First serve points won %	78	60
Second serve points won %	42	47
Break points saved %	100	62
Break points converted %	38	0
Service points won %	67	56
Return points won %	44	33
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivo Karlovic	Mariano Zabaleta
Country	CRO	ARG
Birth date	Feb 28, 1979	Feb 28, 1978
Age	28	29
Height	211	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	108	156
Ranking points (entering)	416	270
Elo (entering)	1,743	1,675
Career W-L	357–333	199–206
Career earnings	$10,160,232	$3,204,127

Pre-match H2H

Ivo Karlovic 0 – 0 Mariano Zabaleta

Path

Ivo Karlovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2007	SF	Albert Montanes	7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2007	QF	Tommy Haas	7-6(7) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 2007	R16	Diego Hartfield	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 12, 2007	R32	Benjamin Becker	7-5 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

Ivo Karlovic's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Mariano Zabaleta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2007	SF	James Blake	7-5 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2007	QF	Jurgen Melzer	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 2007	R16	Mardy Fish	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 12, 2007	R32	Ryan Sweeting	6-0 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 10, 2007	Q3	Bruno Rosa	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 9, 2007	Q2	Lars Poerschke	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data