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Ivo Karlovic #88 def. Denis Kudla #122

7-5 7-5

Match Information

Date	Apr 13, 2018*
Tournament	Houston
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Ivo Karlovic
Score	7-5 7-5
Loser	Denis Kudla
Duration	1h 36m

Stat	Ivo Karlovic	Denis Kudla
Aces	14	2
Double faults	3	5
First serve %	70	62
First serve points won %	87	64
Second serve points won %	50	52
Break points saved %	80	62
Break points converted %	38	20
Service points won %	76	59
Return points won %	41	24
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ivo Karlovic	Denis Kudla
Country	CRO	USA
Birth date	Feb 28, 1979	Aug 17, 1992
Age	39	25
Height	211	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	88	122
Ranking points (entering)	645	456
Elo (entering)	1,749	1,677
Career W-L	357–333	71–131
Career earnings	$10,160,232	$4,712,965

Pre-match H2H

Ivo Karlovic 2 – 2 Denis Kudla

Path

Ivo Karlovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 12, 2018	R32	Taro Daniel	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Ivo Karlovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2018	QF	Nick Kyrgios	3-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Denis Kudla's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 12, 2018	R32	Fernando Verdasco	6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 9, 2018	Q2	Mitchell Krueger	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 9, 2018	Q1	Reilly Opelka	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data