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Grega Zemlja #99 def. Ricardo Mello #167

7-5 7-6(3) 7-5

Match Information

Date	Aug 29, 2012*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R128
Winner	Grega Zemlja
Score	7-5 7-6(3) 7-5
Loser	Ricardo Mello
Duration	2h 40m

Stat	Grega Zemlja	Ricardo Mello
Aces	16	6
Double faults	3	0
First serve %	60	72
First serve points won %	76	68
Second serve points won %	53	63
Break points saved %	93	57
Break points converted %	43	7
Service points won %	67	66
Return points won %	34	33
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Grega Zemlja	Ricardo Mello
Country	SLO	BRA
Birth date	Sep 29, 1986	Dec 21, 1980
Age	25	31
Height	183	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	99	167
Ranking points (entering)	553	306
Elo (entering)	1,637	1,651
Career W-L	27–35	52–87
Career earnings	$1,242,858	$1,484,044

Pre-match H2H

Grega Zemlja 0 – 0 Ricardo Mello

Path

Grega Zemlja's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2012	Q3	Yannick Mertens	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2012	Q2	Matwe Middelkoop	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2012	Q1	Christian Harrison	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Grega Zemlja's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 2012	R64	Cedrik-Marcel Stebe	6-4 2-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Ricardo Mello's path

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
Aug 28, 2012	Q2	Alessandro Giannessi	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2012	Q1	Joao Sousa	6-3 6-7(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data