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Rafael Nadal #1 def. Ivo Karlovic #239

5-7 6-1 7-6(7)

Match Information

Date	Mar 18, 2011*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	5-7 6-1 7-6(7)
Loser	Ivo Karlovic
Duration	2h 24m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Ivo Karlovic
Aces	6	23
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	60	61
First serve points won %	78	74
Second serve points won %	84	50
Break points saved %	0	75
Break points converted %	25	100
Service points won %	80	65
Return points won %	35	20
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Ivo Karlovic
Country	ESP	CRO
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Feb 28, 1979
Age	24	32
Height	185	211
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	239
Ranking points (entering)	12,390	205
Elo (entering)	2,245	1,848
Career W-L	1,045–225	357–333
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$10,160,232

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 3 – 0 Ivo Karlovic

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2011	R16	Somdev Devvarman	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2011	R32	Ryan Sweeting	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2011	R64	Rik De Voest	6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 2011	SF	Juan Martin del Potro	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Ivo Karlovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 17, 2011	R16	Albert Montanes	7-6(7) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 15, 2011	R32	Gilles Simon	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 2011	R64	David Ferrer	7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 12, 2011	R128	Marinko Matosevic	7-6(2) 6-7(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data