H2H data updated: 2026-09-10 00:00 UTC

Kevin Anderson vs Ivo Karlovic H2H: 4-1

Kevin Anderson holds a 4–1 lead over Ivo Karlovic in their ATP head-to-head. Across 5 main-draw meetings, Kevin Anderson leads 2–1 on hard courts and 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Kevin Anderson won the 2019 Pune final 7-6(4) 6-7(2) 7-6(5).

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Kevin Anderson
RSA Age 40 Right-Handed 203 cm / 6'8"
H2H
4 – 1
5 main-draw meetings
Ivo Karlovic
CRO Age 47 Right-Handed 211 cm / 6'11"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Kevin Anderson #6 7-6(4) 6-7(2) 7-6(5) Ivo Karlovic #100 Match data Jan 6, 2019* F Pune ATP 250 Hard
Kevin Anderson #20 6-3 (ret.) Ivo Karlovic #37 Match data Jun 1, 2014* R32 Roland Garros Grand Slam Clay
Kevin Anderson #21 1-0 (ret.) Ivo Karlovic #56 Match data Feb 21, 2014* R16 Delray Beach Open ATP 250 Hard
Ivo Karlovic #155 6-4 6-7(4) 6-3 Kevin Anderson #23 Match data Jul 20, 2013* SF Bogota ATP 250 Hard
Kevin Anderson #39 6-4 7-6(2) Ivo Karlovic #144 Match data Jun 8, 2011* R64 Queen's Club Championships ATP 250 Grass

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Kevin Anderson #1,151 #5 4,845 2,141 348 252 58.0% 0 0 0 1 6 7
Ivo Karlovic #1,066 #14 2,295 1,999 363 335 52.0% 0 0 0 0 8 8

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Kevin Anderson Ivo Karlovic
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
21 2007 0–1 0.0% #221 1,540 0 0 — — — — — — —
22 2008 8–9 47.1% #104 1,631 0 0 2001 0–1 0.0% #193 1,500 0 0
23 2009 2–6 25.0% #161 1,624 0 0 2002 1–2 33.3% #201 1,454 0 0
24 2010 14–18 43.8% #61 1,778 0 0 2003 9–7 56.2% #73 1,665 0 0
25 2011 39–27 59.1% #32 1,890 0 1 2004 18–25 41.9% #61 1,685 0 0
26 2012 31–26 54.4% #37 1,856 0 2 2005 17–22 43.6% #70 1,745 0 0
27 2013 37–23 61.7% #20 1,869 0 2 2006 16–18 47.1% #98 1,633 0 0
28 2014 39–24 61.9% #16 1,946 0 2 2007 45–21 68.2% #22 1,931 0 3
29 2015 46–24 65.7% #12 2,046 0 3 2008 29–25 53.7% #26 1,814 0 4
30 2016 17–21 44.7% #67 1,883 0 3 2009 21–22 48.8% #37 1,797 0 4
31 2017 32–21 60.4% #14 1,974 0 3 2010 16–9 64.0% #73 1,866 0 4
32 2018 48–19 71.6% #6 2,121 0 5 2011 16–20 44.4% #56 1,821 0 4
33 2019 11–4 73.3% #91 2,056 0 6 2012 14–16 46.7% #100 1,769 0 4
34 2020 8–9 47.1% #81 1,963 0 6 2013 15–13 53.6% #78 1,774 0 5
35 2021 13–13 50.0% #80 1,808 0 7 2014 36–28 56.2% #27 1,856 0 5
36 2022 1–5 16.7% #104 1,681 0 7 2015 38–25 60.3% #23 1,917 0 6
37 2023 2–2 50.0% #627 1,669 0 7 2016 32–22 59.3% #20 1,972 0 8
38 — — — — — — — 2017 15–20 42.9% #80 1,771 0 8
39 — — — — — — — 2018 11–16 40.7% #100 1,645 0 8
40 — — — — — — — 2019 11–15 42.3% #95 1,675 0 8
41 — — — — — — — 2020 1–4 20.0% #147 1,620 0 8
42 — — — — — — — 2021 2–4 33.3% #279 1,625 0 8

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Kevin Anderson Ivo Karlovic
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
21 2007 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
22 2008 7 5 12 58.3% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — 2001 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
23 2009 1 4 5 20.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — 2002 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
24 2010 11 11 22 50.0% 2 4 6 33.3% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — 2003 5 4 9 55.6% 1 1 2 50.0% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — —
25 2011 30 18 48 62.5% 5 6 11 45.5% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — 2004 6 12 18 33.3% 5 7 12 41.7% 5 3 8 62.5% 2 3 5 40.0%
26 2012 21 18 39 53.8% 7 6 13 53.8% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — 2005 9 11 20 45.0% 0 6 6 0.0% 7 3 10 70.0% 1 2 3 33.3%
27 2013 24 16 40 60.0% 11 5 16 68.8% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2006 8 11 19 42.1% 6 4 10 60.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 2 1 3 66.7%
28 2014 29 17 46 63.0% 5 5 10 50.0% 5 2 7 71.4% — — — — 2007 30 16 46 65.2% 6 2 8 75.0% 8 2 10 80.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
29 2015 33 17 50 66.0% 6 5 11 54.5% 7 2 9 77.8% — — — — 2008 17 14 31 54.8% 5 8 13 38.5% 7 2 9 77.8% 0 1 1 0.0%
30 2016 13 14 27 48.1% 2 4 6 33.3% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — 2009 9 15 24 37.5% 5 5 10 50.0% 7 2 9 77.8% — — — —
31 2017 18 13 31 58.1% 10 6 16 62.5% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — 2010 14 7 21 66.7% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — —
32 2018 36 13 49 73.5% 6 4 10 60.0% 6 2 8 75.0% — — — — 2011 12 13 25 48.0% 3 4 7 42.9% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — —
33 2019 8 2 10 80.0% — — — — 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — 2012 12 11 23 52.2% 0 3 3 0.0% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — —
34 2020 6 6 12 50.0% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — — — — — 2013 13 11 24 54.2% 0 1 1 0.0% 2 1 3 66.7% — — — —
35 2021 5 10 15 33.3% 2 2 4 50.0% 6 1 7 85.7% — — — — 2014 24 18 42 57.1% 7 6 13 53.8% 5 4 9 55.6% — — — —
36 2022 1 5 6 16.7% — — — — — — — — — — — — 2015 26 18 44 59.1% 1 3 4 25.0% 11 4 15 73.3% — — — —
37 2023 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — 2016 20 13 33 60.6% 4 6 10 40.0% 8 3 11 72.7% — — — —
38 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2017 8 12 20 40.0% 3 4 7 42.9% 4 4 8 50.0% — — — —
39 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2018 4 7 11 36.4% 5 6 11 45.5% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — —
40 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2019 9 11 20 45.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
41 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2020 1 4 5 20.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
42 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2021 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
Career — 243 171 414 58.7% 58 52 110 52.7% 47 29 76 61.8% — — — — — 229 213 442 51.8% 54 70 124 43.5% 74 44 118 62.7% 6 8 14 42.9%

Performance Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 595/600 of Kevin Anderson's and 692/698 of Ivo Karlovic's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Age Kevin Anderson Ivo Karlovic
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
21 2007 1/1 7.0 1.0 75.0% 54.8% 42.9% 50.0% — 51.8% 21.7% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
22 2008 15/17 9.4 3.3 65.7% 74.0% 58.9% 62.8% 28.9% 68.9% 33.5% 2001 1/1 16.0 2.0 76.6% 71.4% 46.7% 60.0% 50.0% 65.6% 32.4%
23 2009 8/8 9.4 3.1 69.8% 72.4% 46.3% 57.6% 25.1% 64.4% 27.4% 2002 2/3 15.0 8.5 53.7% 75.3% 40.4% 71.7% 75.0% 59.2% 28.6%
24 2010 32/32 9.6 3.2 66.0% 75.6% 51.0% 46.2% 43.7% 67.1% 34.2% 2003 16/16 17.6 6.3 61.1% 83.8% 53.3% 73.0% 28.3% 71.9% 29.0%
25 2011 66/66 10.9 2.1 66.9% 76.1% 55.8% 63.4% 47.0% 69.2% 36.5% 2004 40/43 21.1 5.4 61.9% 81.6% 52.8% 63.7% 25.9% 70.3% 26.8%
26 2012 56/57 11.4 3.2 62.6% 75.1% 53.6% 62.7% 36.7% 67.1% 34.8% 2005 39/39 18.7 4.4 63.3% 82.0% 51.5% 69.3% 31.9% 70.9% 25.5%
27 2013 60/60 10.9 3.0 64.2% 76.3% 54.8% 63.5% 38.8% 68.5% 35.8% 2006 34/34 18.3 3.1 65.0% 82.0% 50.3% 70.9% 34.6% 70.7% 28.1%
28 2014 62/63 11.7 2.9 66.2% 76.6% 51.9% 65.4% 36.5% 68.2% 35.2% 2007 64/66 20.6 1.9 68.7% 84.3% 54.5% 71.9% 34.1% 74.9% 29.5%
29 2015 70/70 15.3 3.4 63.5% 80.1% 54.3% 65.0% 43.2% 70.6% 33.9% 2008 54/54 17.8 1.8 66.2% 81.4% 53.2% 66.2% 31.8% 71.8% 30.1%
30 2016 38/38 13.0 4.4 59.2% 77.0% 53.4% 63.9% 36.4% 67.4% 32.9% 2009 43/43 20.7 2.3 66.4% 84.9% 54.8% 62.5% 39.2% 74.8% 29.1%
31 2017 53/53 13.9 2.8 64.0% 79.0% 54.5% 65.3% 37.4% 70.2% 35.2% 2010 25/25 18.9 2.1 64.2% 83.5% 51.8% 68.0% 27.1% 72.1% 30.3%
32 2018 66/67 16.4 2.7 64.2% 79.6% 55.3% 63.1% 35.6% 70.7% 33.8% 2011 36/36 17.6 2.7 66.4% 80.8% 49.8% 65.5% 37.0% 70.5% 28.4%
33 2019 15/15 15.7 2.7 63.1% 78.7% 53.6% 68.9% 44.1% 69.2% 35.7% 2012 30/30 16.9 2.9 64.7% 79.5% 52.3% 61.0% 31.2% 69.7% 30.5%
34 2020 17/17 12.5 3.7 62.5% 77.1% 51.2% 60.3% 41.2% 67.2% 32.1% 2013 28/28 17.3 3.4 64.1% 82.1% 55.1% 61.7% 28.7% 72.4% 27.8%
35 2021 26/26 16.9 2.8 63.5% 80.3% 49.5% 69.7% 34.1% 69.0% 30.9% 2014 64/64 18.5 2.8 66.3% 82.8% 54.0% 68.7% 34.9% 73.2% 27.5%
36 2022 6/6 15.3 2.8 65.0% 78.6% 57.1% 66.1% 33.3% 70.9% 24.5% 2015 63/63 23.0 3.6 66.4% 84.9% 57.0% 73.1% 33.3% 75.5% 29.0%
37 2023 4/4 11.0 4.0 64.4% 77.7% 43.7% 58.3% 28.6% 65.5% 37.4% 2016 54/54 20.9 5.2 63.8% 81.7% 56.4% 72.1% 35.7% 72.6% 26.9%
38 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2017 35/35 20.8 5.1 65.1% 81.8% 56.2% 67.0% 29.2% 72.7% 25.9%
39 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2018 27/27 23.5 5.9 65.1% 83.9% 54.4% 71.8% 28.8% 73.4% 25.9%
40 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2019 26/26 23.7 4.3 65.0% 83.3% 54.3% 72.4% 24.8% 73.2% 25.6%
41 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2020 5/5 13.4 3.6 66.8% 75.6% 56.8% 71.8% 21.3% 69.5% 24.7%
42 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2021 6/6 18.2 5.2 64.8% 79.3% 46.0% 44.2% 29.2% 67.6% 27.1%
Career — 595/600 12.9 3.0 64.3% 77.4% 53.7% 63.2% 38.8% 68.9% 34.3% — 692/698 19.8 3.5 65.3% 82.6% 53.8% 68.2% 32.4% 72.6% 28.1%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Kevin Anderson Ivo Karlovic
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
21 2007 1541 108.0 -2.14 +0.48 0.451 38.2% — — — 0.0% -3.50 — — — -0.19 2000 1493 98.8 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
22 2008 1631 124.1 +2.28 -0.60 1.079 51.2% +91 — -124 50.0% -0.02 3–5 (38%) 9–4 (69%) 102.7 +0.62 2001 1501 100.2 -4.08 -1.53 0.943 47.8% — — — 0.0% -2.00 — 0–1 — +0.14
23 2009 1624 111.4 +0.61 -4.84 0.771 46.3% +26 — — 26.3% -1.42 1–0 3–2 (60%) — -0.29 2002 1455 101.0 -0.82 -1.26 0.701 45.7% — — — 42.9% -0.57 0–1 1–1 — -0.01
24 2010 1779 142.8 +2.68 -1.25 1.039 50.3% +34 -199 -256 46.9% -0.12 4–8 (33%) 5–11 (31%) 92.7 -1.45 2003 1666 123.8 +5.40 -4.66 1.033 50.5% -35 — +2 54.3% +0.22 2–2 (50%) 9–10 (47%) 100.2 -0.07
25 2011 1891 157.1 +5.50 +0.11 1.185 52.5% +20 -245 -270 57.6% +0.61 12–11 (52%) 15–17 (47%) 98.7 +1.44 2004 1686 136.3 +5.37 -7.05 0.904 48.9% -54 -121 +84 45.1% -0.31 10–14 (42%) 28–28 (50%) 102.1 -0.85
26 2012 1857 156.6 +3.45 -0.90 1.058 50.9% +33 -124 -193 51.1% +0.27 10–8 (56%) 20–15 (57%) 105.6 -0.14 2005 1745 141.3 +6.26 -7.68 0.875 48.7% -20 -269 +91 45.4% -0.26 6–7 (46%) 24–22 (52%) 102.5 -2.07
27 2013 1869 157.9 +4.20 +0.05 1.135 51.7% +7 +20 -159 57.7% +0.40 12–8 (60%) 18–16 (53%) 101.7 +1.51 2006 1633 131.3 +6.13 -7.11 0.960 49.6% +16 -48 — 51.1% +0.03 7–9 (44%) 19–18 (51%) 97.8 +0.32
28 2014 1947 161.0 +3.91 +0.32 1.107 51.6% +6 -48 -101 54.9% +0.38 15–7 (68%) 17–16 (52%) 106.9 +2.15 2007 1931 150.5 +9.95 -5.32 1.173 51.8% -6 -289 -103 60.5% +0.53 17–8 (68%) 37–30 (55%) 109.8 -1.29
29 2015 2047 162.6 +6.01 -0.88 1.154 51.7% -15 -143 -48 61.2% +0.51 13–8 (62%) 31–22 (58%) 105.6 +1.09 2008 1815 150.1 +7.57 -4.88 1.069 50.7% +25 -181 +93 53.4% +0.24 7–10 (41%) 26–29 (47%) 93.8 +0.70
30 2016 1883 151.8 +2.89 -1.81 1.011 50.2% +31 -46 +51 48.9% -0.09 4–9 (31%) 11–10 (52%) 92.8 -0.24 2009 1798 147.0 +8.98 -4.91 1.158 51.5% -104 -119 +253 51.8% +0.26 4–9 (31%) 14–24 (37%) 89.5 0.00
31 2017 1974 162.0 +6.28 -0.22 1.180 52.4% -50 -48 -31 60.4% +0.82 7–7 (50%) 19–17 (53%) 99.3 -1.65 2010 1867 147.8 +6.46 -3.55 1.087 51.1% -26 -171 — 56.7% +0.33 4–0 (100%) 11–9 (55%) 107.1 -0.09
32 2018 2122 169.8 +6.52 -1.15 1.152 51.8% -20 -176 -10 61.7% +0.67 21–7 (75%) 30–20 (60%) 111.3 +1.48 2011 1822 147.5 +6.44 -5.95 0.962 49.6% +14 -88 +122 46.5% -0.14 5–5 (50%) 19–19 (50%) 98.0 -1.25
33 2019 2057 133.2 +3.47 -0.21 1.160 52.1% +25 — -2 64.3% +0.64 3–1 (75%) 7–3 (70%) 100.8 +0.68 2012 1769 144.3 +5.38 -4.85 1.007 49.8% +37 -113 +182 48.7% -0.18 2–6 (25%) 17–14 (55%) 95.3 -0.59
34 2020 1964 140.8 +3.58 -0.85 0.980 49.5% +34 -65 — 47.7% -0.16 4–2 (67%) 5–5 (50%) 97.4 -1.17 2013 1774 137.0 +5.97 -5.23 1.007 50.0% +27 — +167 51.6% +0.06 6–4 (60%) 17–11 (61%) 106.8 +0.66
35 2021 1809 136.1 +4.26 -3.10 0.998 49.9% +7 +65 +284 46.0% -0.24 4–0 (100%) 12–11 (52%) 101.5 -0.83 2014 1857 153.7 +7.97 -6.74 1.029 49.9% +21 -115 +54 55.0% +0.13 11–8 (58%) 34–31 (52%) 102.5 +1.55
36 2022 1681 114.8 -0.53 -2.72 0.844 47.9% -5 — — 31.3% -0.94 0–3 (0%) 2–4 (33%) 94.4 +0.18 2015 1917 155.1 +10.01 -5.54 1.186 51.7% -35 -231 +136 57.1% +0.52 15–12 (56%) 32–44 (42%) 99.7 +3.01
37 2023 1670 109.6 -0.03 +1.57 1.084 50.9% — — +422 55.6% -0.11 0–1 2–0 — +0.47 2016 1973 155.0 +7.27 -7.09 0.983 50.0% -18 -250 +83 56.8% +0.16 12–6 (67%) 41–25 (62%) 110.4 +3.08
38 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2017 1771 141.4 +6.85 -7.48 0.952 49.6% +15 -53 +153 44.9% -0.17 6–5 (55%) 17–24 (41%) 95.8 +1.27
39 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2018 1646 126.4 +5.95 -7.94 0.974 49.6% +41 +26 +201 46.2% -0.10 5–9 (36%) 17–24 (41%) 89.6 +0.79
40 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2019 1675 134.3 +6.12 -7.61 0.954 49.4% +46 -25 +100 49.3% -0.17 2–6 (25%) 20–18 (53%) 99.5 +1.01
41 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2020 1621 114.5 +1.55 -3.38 0.808 46.4% +33 — — 28.6% -1.00 — 1–4 (20%) — -0.32
42 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2021 1626 114.4 +1.80 -4.17 0.837 47.4% +19 — — 31.3% -0.75 2–1 (67%) 0–3 (0%) 98.7 +0.12
Career — 2142 159.7 +4.52 -0.73 1.102 51.3% +7 -94 -39 55.3% +0.34 113–85 (57%) 206–173 (54%) 104.0 +0.61 — 2000 150.3 +7.24 -6.06 1.023 50.2% -4 -133 +101 51.7% +0.09 123–122 (50%) 384–389 (50%) 100.0 +0.88

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.