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Dominic Thiem #7 def. Kevin Anderson #8

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 12, 2018*
Tournament	Madrid Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Dominic Thiem
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	Kevin Anderson
Duration	1h 25m

Stat	Dominic Thiem	Kevin Anderson
Aces	5	4
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	61	56
First serve points won %	86	64
Second serve points won %	72	48
Break points saved %	100	62
Break points converted %	38	0
Service points won %	80	57
Return points won %	43	20
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Dominic Thiem	Kevin Anderson
Country	AUT	RSA
Birth date	Sep 3, 1993	May 18, 1986
Age	24	31
Height	185	203
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	8
Ranking points (entering)	3,545	3,345
Elo (entering)	2,041	2,020
Career W-L	337–207	347–251
Career earnings	$30,387,561	$17,791,917

Pre-match H2H

Dominic Thiem 0 – 6 Kevin Anderson

Path

Dominic Thiem's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 12, 2018	QF	Rafael Nadal	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2018	R16	Borna Coric	2-6 7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2018	R32	Federico Delbonis	4-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Dominic Thiem's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2018	F	Alexander Zverev	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Kevin Anderson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 12, 2018	QF	Dusan Lajovic	7-6(3) 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2018	R16	Philipp Kohlschreiber	6-3 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2018	R32	Mikhail Kukushkin	5-7 7-6(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data