Ivo Karlovic vs Ryan Sweeting, Houston 2011, Semifinal
Final score
Final
7-6(3) 6-3
Venue and conditions
River Oaks Country ClubHouston, USA
ClayCourt speed1.5 vs last year95.2Slow
What is court speed?
How much the court helps the server, judged from aces and serve points won and adjusted for who played. 100 is the average ATP tournament court that season.
- Very slow< 92Monte Carlo, Rome
- Slow92–97Roland Garros, Indian Wells
- Average97–103US Open, Dubai
- Fast103–108Wimbledon, Shanghai
- Very fast108+Basel
Challenger and ITF courts usually read lower: partly the venues, partly the balls and conditions at those levels.
How court speed worksConditionsHistorical daily weather
Match stats
1h 39m12Aces2
4Double faults4
51Service points won52
10Service games played11
9Service games won11
11Return games played10
3/475%Break points saved100%4/4
0/40%Break points converted25%1/4
Head to head
1Karlovic
1Sweeting
2 meetingsClay 0–1Hard 1–0
- HoustonSemifinal · 9 Apr 2011ClayThis matchRyan SweetingSets won: 2Set 1: 7Set 2: 6Ivo KarlovicSets won: 0Set 1: 63Set 2: 3
- San JoseRound of 32 · 9 Feb 2011HardIvo KarlovicSets won: 2Set 1: 6Set 2: 6Ryan SweetingSets won: 0Set 1: 4Set 2: 4
Match research
ProEverything that shapes this match: each player’s run-in and travel, records side by side, and results against similar opponents and in similar conditions. Better information, better-informed decisions.
- Run-inEvery match in the last 28 days, rest days and travel between venues.
- Tale of the tapeRecords and serve numbers side by side, filtered by period and surface.
- Record by opponent rankingHow each player does against the top 10, top 50 or any ranking range.
- Similar conditionsResults in comparable heat, humidity, wind and altitude before scheduled matches.