Ivo Karlovic vs Christopher Oconnell — Houston CH Semi-final

Houston CH · CHALLENGER · Semi-final
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Ivo Karlovic
47 yrs · 208 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 11 November 2019
hard
AUS6
Christopher Oconnell
1673ELO
1657Hard ELO
32 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Karlovic I.
6-7 6-3 6-4
Oconnell C.
Karlovic I.
65662
Oconnell C.
77341

Ivo Karlovic defeated Christopher Oconnell 6-7 6-3 6-4 in the Houston CH semi-final on hard. The result followed the form book — Ivo Karlovic came in defending last year's quarter-final.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Karlovic I.serving96% hold

wins 76% of points on serve vs Oconnell C.

Oconnell C.serving96% hold

wins 77% 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

Serve & return on hard

Karlovic I.Oconnell C.
—
Serve
20
—
Return
32

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
Karlovic I.Oconnell C.
1st serve in·Even
65%
61%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
82%
73%
2nd serve points won·Even
53%
51%
Service points won·Slight edge
72%
64%
Return points won·Slight edge
26%
35%
Break points saved·Even
66%
63%
Aces / match·Dominant
19.6
7.1
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.8
1.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (64 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Karlovic I.Oconnell C.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
56
49
Break points saved·Even
98
98
Break points won·Clear edge
0
22
Deciding sets·Dominant
83
38
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
76
93

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

Conditions

Court speed
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast
Final
Giron M.[4]
Karlovic I.[3]
7-56-757-69
Semi-finals
Karlovic I.[3]
Oconnell C.[6]
6-756-36-4
Giron M.[4]
Krueger M.[8]
7-646-2
Quarter-finals
Oconnell C.[6]
Mmoh M.[14]
5-0
Karlovic I.[3]
Galarneau A.
7-637-67
Giron M.[4]
Jung J.[5]
6-12-66-2
Krueger M.[8]
Redlicki M.[15]
6-46-4
R16
Oconnell C.[6]
Menendez Maceiras A.[11]
7-636-4
Mmoh M.[14]
Klahn B.[2]
5-77-657-65
Karlovic I.[3]
Bangoura S.[16]
7-652-66-4
Galarneau A.
Escobar G.
6-36-3
Jung J.[5]
Vatutin A.[9]
7-56-2
Giron M.[4]
Brooksby J.[13]
6-24-66-3
Krueger M.[8]
Krstin P.[12]
7-646-4
Redlicki M.[15]
Sandgren T.[1]
6-756-46-4
R32
Karlovic I.[3]
Caruana L.
7-56-4
Jung J.[5]
Nguyen D.
6-36-2
Bangoura S.[16]
Heller P.
0-66-46-2
Krueger M.[8]
Meligeni Alves F.
6-26-2
Krstin P.[12]
Chappell N.
6-11-66-1
Klahn B.[2]
Jianu F.
7-56-3
Mmoh M.[14]
Sarmiento R.
4-66-46-4
Menendez Maceiras A.[11]
Altamirano C.
6-46-0
Oconnell C.[6]
Vavassori A.
6-35-76-4
Galarneau A.
Young D.[10]
3-66-36-0
Escobar G.
King D.[7]
7-637-5
Vatutin A.[9]
Hidalgo D.
1-67-56-3
Brooksby J.[13]
Villanueva G.
6-26-2
Giron M.[4]
Holt B.
7-646-776-2
Redlicki M.[15]
Nanda G.
6-36-3
Sandgren T.[1]
Leshem E.
6-37-5
R64
Hidalgo D.
Sarkissian A.
6-16-1
Leshem E.
Heyman C.
6-46-4
Jianu F.
Ayeni O.
6-46-2
Sarmiento R.
King E.
4-66-47-5
Altamirano C.
Brymer G.
6-27-65
Vavassori A.
Franco Descotte M.
6-46-3
Caruana L.
Abdel Aziz M.
6-26-4
Heller P.
Ritschard A.
6-37-5
Galarneau A.
Lopez Villasenor G.
6-36-3
Escobar G.
Zhu E.
6-27-64
Nguyen D.
Sarkar S.
6-16-0
Villanueva G.
Matos R.
7-636-4
Holt B.
Sinclair C.
6-17-5
Meligeni Alves F.
Khan Z.
6-46-3
Chappell N.
Fanselow S.
6-13-67-65
Nanda G.
Crawford O.
6-46-3