John Isner outlasts Jeff Wolf 3-6 7-5 7-6(4) in the semifinal in Dallas on Saturday after winning a huge battle in what was an all-American match. Isner will clash against Yibing Wu in the final. The battle lasted 2 hours and 31 minutes. This will be his best result in this competition. In the past, the best he could do in the past was reaching the semifinal in 2019 and 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Isner added to his prize money $ 26,955 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 65,405 after this win. If he wins the next match, John will add $ 46,720 to his earnings to get in total $ 112,125 in total.
Highlights John Isner vs. Jeff Wolf Dallas Open – Dallas
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
Isner won this match even if he scored less points than Jeff (101 vs. 102).
Isner
Isner served pretty well to win 80% of the points (57/71) behind his first serve, and he won 55% points (17/31) on his second serve. Isner fired 31 aces and he committed 2 double faults. Isner won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points as he converted only 25% (1/4) of the procured opportunities.
Wolf
On the other side, Wolf was battling in converting his break points (only 13% – 1/8). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this match, the head to head between Isner and Wolf is 2-0 for John.
Draw and next match H2H: John Isner vs. Yibing Wu – stats
Isner will face Wu in the final.
There is no head to head record between John Isner and Yibing Wu since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Wolf snatched in the 6th game (4-2) before finally winning the set (6-3).
Wolf was spot on in converting all his break points in the 6th game (3-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Wolf didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 54 points. Wolf was the winner of the set after clinching 8 points more than John (31-23
). Wolf lost 6 points on serve (21-6). On the other side, Isner conceded 10 points on serve (17-10).There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Isner conquered in the 12th game (7-5).
John was unable to convert any of the 4 conquered break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 2nd
(1-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Jeff was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40).They played 81 points. Isner won 5 more points than Wolf (43-38). John surrendered 12 points on serve (29-12). Regarding the other side of the net, Wolf conceded 14 points on serve (26-14).
Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Finally, Isner won the breaker at 7-4.
Tiebreak
John won 3 minibreaks in the 2nd (2-0), 3rd (3-0) and 11th (7-4) point. On the other side, Wolf won a minibreak in the 5th (1-4) point.
Isner won the tiebreak 7-4 after he conquered a decisive 4-0 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 6-3, 6-4, 7-4
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Also, on the other side, Isner didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 68 points. This set was so close that, John won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. John surrendered 6 points on serve (28-6). Regarding the other side of the net, Wolf conceded 6 points on serve (28-6).
Tennis Scores in Dallas
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