Brands v Karlovic

Ivo Karlovic takes it, 8–5 on categories

Karlovic wins on first-serve points won %. Brands’s case rests on double faults, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Brands 151 matches, Karlovic 698 matches.

• Karlovic averages 19.6 aces a match to Brands’ 8.8 — 2.2 times as many.
• Karlovic has the better first-serve points won %: 82.7 to Brands’s 72.7.
• Karlovic has the better break points saved %: 71 to Brands’s 62.2.
• Winners’ edge: Karlovic’s team won 52%, Brands’s team won 38% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Karlovic has 698 matches across 21 seasons, Brands 151 in 13 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
• Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles): those averages use only the games that logged them.

Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.