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Jurgen Melzer #67 def. Paul-Henri Mathieu #54

6-4 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Sep 16, 2006*
Tournament	Bucharest
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Jurgen Melzer
Score	6-4 (ret.)
Loser	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Duration	49m

Stat	Jurgen Melzer	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Aces	2	1
Double faults	0	0
First serve %	69	65
First serve points won %	75	75
Second serve points won %	78	45
Break points saved %	100	75
Break points converted %	25	0
Service points won %	76	65
Return points won %	35	24
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jurgen Melzer	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Country	AUT	FRA
Birth date	May 22, 1981	Jan 12, 1982
Age	25	24
Height	183	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	67	54
Ranking points (entering)	595	690
Elo (entering)	1,719	1,700
Career W-L	326–303	268–297
Career earnings	$10,739,212	$6,299,093

Pre-match H2H

Jurgen Melzer 1 – 0 Paul-Henri Mathieu

Path

Jurgen Melzer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 16, 2006	QF	Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 15, 2006	R16	Gilles Simon	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 14, 2006	R32	Michal Mertinak	5-7 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Jurgen Melzer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 17, 2006	F	Filippo Volandri	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Paul-Henri Mathieu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 16, 2006	QF	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 15, 2006	R16	Victor Crivoi	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 14, 2006	R32	Simon Greul	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data