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Alex de Minaur #167 def. Benoit Paire #42

4-6 6-1 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 13, 2018*
Tournament	Sydney
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Alex de Minaur
Score	4-6 6-1 6-1
Loser	Benoit Paire
Duration	1h 49m

Stat	Alex de Minaur	Benoit Paire
Aces	3	6
Double faults	3	5
First serve %	65	46
First serve points won %	73	79
Second serve points won %	48	32
Break points saved %	88	38
Break points converted %	62	12
Service points won %	64	54
Return points won %	46	36
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alex de Minaur	Benoit Paire
Country	AUS	FRA
Birth date	Feb 17, 1999	May 8, 1989
Age	18	28
Height	183	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	167	42
Ranking points (entering)	323	1,155
Elo (entering)	1,669	1,859
Career W-L	298–174	239–293
Career earnings	$25,186,541	$10,544,721

Pre-match H2H

Alex de Minaur 1 – 0 Benoit Paire

Path

Alex de Minaur's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 2018	QF	Feliciano Lopez	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2018	R16	Damir Dzumhur	6-2 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 11, 2018	R32	Fernando Verdasco	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Alex de Minaur's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2018	F	Daniil Medvedev	6-1 4-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Benoit Paire's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 2018	QF	Gilles Muller	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2018	R16	Leonardo Mayer	6-2 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 11, 2018	R32	Aljaz Bedene	1-6 7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data