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Sebastien Grosjean #30 def. Nicolas Lapentti #138

6-1 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Apr 23, 2005*
Tournament	Houston
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Sebastien Grosjean
Score	6-1 7-6(5)
Loser	Nicolas Lapentti
Duration	1h 43m

Stat	Sebastien Grosjean	Nicolas Lapentti
Aces	1	1
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	58	77
First serve points won %	81	64
Second serve points won %	50	29
Break points saved %	50	40
Break points converted %	60	50
Service points won %	68	56
Return points won %	44	32
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Sebastien Grosjean	Nicolas Lapentti
Country	FRA	ECU
Birth date	May 29, 1978	Aug 13, 1976
Age	26	28
Height	175	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	30	138
Ranking points (entering)	1,045	319
Elo (entering)	1,787	1,650
Career W-L	320–236	282–280
Career earnings	$8,131,803	$6,315,143

Pre-match H2H

Sebastien Grosjean 7 – 1 Nicolas Lapentti

Path

Sebastien Grosjean's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2005	QF	Andre Agassi	4-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 2005	R16	Oscar Hernandez	6-4 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 2005	R32	Bjorn Phau	4-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Sebastien Grosjean's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 2005	F	Andy Roddick	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Lapentti's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2005	QF	James Blake	6-4 1-6 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 22, 2005	R16	Kevin Kim	7-6(1) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 2005	R32	Tomas Zib	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data