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Nikoloz Basilashvili #36 def. Taylor Fritz #39

7-6(5) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 16, 2021*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Nikoloz Basilashvili
Score	7-6(5) 6-3
Loser	Taylor Fritz
Duration	1h 41m

Stat	Nikoloz Basilashvili	Taylor Fritz
Aces	3	11
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	70	59
First serve points won %	68	89
Second serve points won %	59	38
Break points saved %	100	0
Break points converted %	100	0
Service points won %	66	68
Return points won %	32	34
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nikoloz Basilashvili	Taylor Fritz
Country	GEO	USA
Birth date	Feb 23, 1992	Oct 28, 1997
Age	29	23
Height	185	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	36	39
Ranking points (entering)	1,556	1,495
Elo (entering)	1,870	1,889
Career W-L	149–180	332–209
Career earnings	$9,780,652	$30,919,565

Pre-match H2H

Nikoloz Basilashvili 1 – 2 Taylor Fritz

Path

Nikoloz Basilashvili's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 15, 2021	QF	Stefanos Tsitsipas	6-4 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2021	R16	Karen Khachanov	6-4 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 2021	R32	Albert Ramos-Vinolas	4-6 7-6(2) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 2021	R64	Christopher Eubanks	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Nikoloz Basilashvili's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 2021	F	Cameron Norrie	6-3 4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Taylor Fritz's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 15, 2021	QF	Alexander Zverev	4-6 6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2021	R16	Jannik Sinner	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 2021	R32	Matteo Berrettini	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 2021	R64	Brandon Nakashima	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data