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Jurgen Melzer #72 def. Paul Goldstein #64

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Apr 15, 2006*
Tournament	Houston
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Jurgen Melzer
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Paul Goldstein
Duration	1h 10m

Stat	Jurgen Melzer	Paul Goldstein
Aces	5	0
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	66	57
First serve points won %	70	53
Second serve points won %	53	43
Break points saved %	40	50
Break points converted %	50	60
Service points won %	64	49
Return points won %	51	36
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jurgen Melzer	Paul Goldstein
Country	AUT	USA
Birth date	May 22, 1981	Aug 4, 1976
Age	24	29
Height	183	178
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	72	64
Ranking points (entering)	520	612
Elo (entering)	1,668	1,746
Career W-L	326–303	85–115
Career earnings	$10,739,212	$1,620,456

Pre-match H2H

Jurgen Melzer 1 – 0 Paul Goldstein

Path

Jurgen Melzer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 15, 2006	QF	Fernando Vicente	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2006	R16	Marcos Daniel	7-6(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 2006	R32	Ivo Minar	7-6(7) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Jurgen Melzer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 16, 2006	F	Mardy Fish	6-3 4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Paul Goldstein's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 15, 2006	QF	Albert Montanes	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2006	R16	Scoville Jenkins	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 2006	R32	Janko Tipsarevic	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data