Ivo Karlovic vs Robin Soderling — Tokyo Round of 64

Tokyo · ATP · Round of 64
CRO
Ivo Karlovic
47 yrs · 208 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 29 September 2003
hard
SWE
Robin Soderling
41 yrs · 193 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Karlovic I.
6-4 6-4
Soderling R.
Karlovic I.
662
Soderling R.
44–

Ivo Karlovic defeated Robin Soderling 6-4 6-4 in the Tokyo round of 64 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Robin Soderling came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. Ivo Karlovic narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

  • Match story: Ivo Karlovic edged a tight contest from start to finish — 6–4 6–4.

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2009-11-08Paris MastersR32hardRobin Soderling6-4 7-6(6)
2008-10-12Madrid MastersR32clayIvo Karlovic7-6(7) 7-6(8)
2006-08-28US OpenR128hardRobin Soderling6-4 7-6(3) 7-5

Serve vs return

This season
Karlovic I.serving94% hold

wins 74% of points on serve vs Soderling R.

Soderling R.serving98% hold

wins 80% of points on serve vs Karlovic I.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Karlovic I.Soderling R.
1st serve in·Slight edge
65%
60%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
83%
78%
2nd serve points won·Even
55%
53%
Service points won·Slight edge
73%
68%
Return points won·Slight edge
27%
38%
Break points saved·Slight edge
71%
64%
Aces / match·Dominant
20.9
9.3
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.7
3.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Karlovic I.Soderling R.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
56
74
Break points saved·Slight edge
98
92
Break points won·Dominant
0
71
Deciding sets·Even
83
80
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
76
67

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Weather
22°COvercast
Wind 20 km/hHumidity 65%

Draw

Final
Schuettler R.
Grosjean S.
7-656-2
Semi-finals
Grosjean S.
Srichaphan P.
4-66-36-4
Schuettler R.
Saulnier C.
6-36-2
Quarter-finals
Saulnier C.
Philippoussis M.
5-2
Schuettler R.
Draper S.
6-36-3
Srichaphan P.
Lee H.
4-67-656-3
Grosjean S.
Gambill J.
6-37-64
R16
Schuettler R.
Kendrick R.
6-36-2
Draper S.
Kiefer N.
7-56-2
Saulnier C.
Novak J.
4-67-56-4
Philippoussis M.
Ancic M.
6-47-5
Lee H.
Carlsen K.
6-36-4
Srichaphan P.
Suzuki T.
6-27-63
Gambill J.
Kratochvil M.
6-37-5
Grosjean S.
Van Scheppingen D.
6-37-63
R32
Kendrick R.
Vahaly B.
6-23-66-4
Schuettler R.
Iwabuchi S.
6-06-4
Saulnier C.
Burgsmuller L.
7-667-64
Novak J.
Phau B.
7-626-2
Draper S.
Taino E.
6-27-65
Kiefer N.
Bogomolov Jr A.
7-57-67
Grosjean S.
Karlovic I.
6-37-68
Van Scheppingen D.
Carraz G.
7-51-67-5
Kratochvil M.
Van Lottum J.
6-26-3
Gambill J.
Ulihrach B.
6-36-4
Srichaphan P.
Norman D.
4-67-637-62
Suzuki T.
Moodie W.
6-17-63
Carlsen K.
Motomura G.
6-27-64
Lee H.
Verdasco F.
6-36-736-3
Philippoussis M.
Browne F.
6-46-3
Ancic M.
Iwami T.
6-27-5
R64
Phau B.
Salzenstein J.
6-717-647-63
Draper S.
Vacek J.
6-37-64
Bogomolov Jr A.
Heuberger I.
6-27-61
Iwabuchi S.
Mamiit C.
7-646-2
Kendrick R.
Arthurs W.
7-636-4
Saulnier C.
Gimelstob J.
7-653-66-1
Iwami T.
Eschauer W.
6-06-4
Browne F.
Terachi T.
6-36-4
Verdasco F.
Weiner G.
6-46-2
Motomura G.
Vassallo Arguello M.
6-06-3
Suzuki T.
Waske A.
7-656-3
Norman D.
Bastl G.
7-56-4
Ulihrach B.
Miranda I.
2-66-46-4
Kratochvil M.
Berdych T.
7-624-66-3
Van Scheppingen D.
Vinciguerra A.
4-66-46-1
Karlovic I.
Soderling R.
6-46-4