Marco Chiudinelli #443 def. Ivo Karlovic #29

7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(7)

Marco Chiudinelli defeated Ivo Karlovic 7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(7) in the 2009 Dubai Tennis Championships first round on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Feb 26, 2009*
Tournament: Dubai Tennis Championships
Edition: 2009
Category: ATP 500
Surface: Hard
Round: R32
Duration: 2h 36m

Match Statistics

Stat	Marco Chiudinelli	Ivo Karlovic
Aces	3	19
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	71	62
First serve points won %	76	92
Second serve points won %	56	49
Break points saved %	80	100
Break points converted %	0	20
Service points won %	70	76
Return points won %	24	30
Total points won %	48	52

Player Comparison

Field	Marco Chiudinelli	Ivo Karlovic
Country	SUI	CRO
Birth date	Sep 10, 1981	Feb 28, 1979
Age	27	29
Height	186 cm	211 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	443	29
Ranking points (entering)	132	1,920
Elo (entering)	1,665	1,770
Current career W-L	44–85	363–335
Current career earnings	$2,023,620	$10,160,232

Pre-match H2H

Marco Chiudinelli #443 0 – 1 Ivo Karlovic #29

Path

Marco Chiudinelli's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Paolo Lorenzi #201	7-6(1) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 23, 2009	Q2
Lukas Dlouhy #194	6-3 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 23, 2009	Q1

Marco Chiudinelli's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Fabrice Santoro #58	6-3 1-6 6-7(1)	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 27, 2009	R16

Ivo Karlovic's path

No prior matches in this tournament.