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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga #12 def. Novak Djokovic #3

6-4 7-6(1)

Match Information

Date	Feb 21, 2009*
Tournament	Marseille
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Score	6-4 7-6(1)
Loser	Novak Djokovic
Duration	1h 26m

Stat	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Novak Djokovic
Aces	9	8
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	70	73
First serve points won %	81	71
Second serve points won %	60	61
Break points saved %	100	67
Break points converted %	33	0
Service points won %	75	69
Return points won %	31	25
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Novak Djokovic
Country	FRA	SRB
Birth date	Apr 17, 1985	May 22, 1987
Age	23	21
Height	188	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	12	3
Ranking points (entering)	3,200	9,010
Elo (entering)	2,032	2,089
Career W-L	445–228	1,122–223
Career earnings	$22,524,073	$193,469,626

Pre-match H2H

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 3 – 1 Novak Djokovic

Path

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 2009	QF	Feliciano Lopez	6-2 6-7(1) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 2009	R16	Simone Bolelli	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 2009	R32	Andrey Golubev	7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 22, 2009	F	Michael Llodra	7-5 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 2009	QF	Mischa Zverev	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 2009	R16	Jan Hernych	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 2009	R32	Jeremy Chardy	7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data