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Richard Gasquet #53 def. Julien Benneteau #45

6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jan 16, 2010*
Tournament	Sydney
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Richard Gasquet
Score	6-4 7-5
Loser	Julien Benneteau
Duration	1h 39m

Stat	Richard Gasquet	Julien Benneteau
Aces	5	1
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	48	48
First serve points won %	70	69
Second serve points won %	56	47
Break points saved %	67	20
Break points converted %	80	33
Service points won %	62	58
Return points won %	42	38
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Richard Gasquet	Julien Benneteau
Country	FRA	FRA
Birth date	Jun 18, 1986	Dec 20, 1981
Age	23	28
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	53	45
Ranking points (entering)	805	924
Elo (entering)	1,889	1,829
Career W-L	596–406	269–292
Career earnings	$21,504,662	$9,556,742

Pre-match H2H

Richard Gasquet 1 – 0 Julien Benneteau

Path

Richard Gasquet's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2010	QF	Potito Starace	6-3 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2010	R16	Benjamin Becker	6-2 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2010	R32	Feliciano Lopez	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Richard Gasquet's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2010	F	Marcos Baghdatis	4-6 6-7(2)	L	H2H	Match data

Julien Benneteau's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2010	QF	Leonardo Mayer	6-4 6-7(5) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2010	R16	Taylor Dent	6-3 5-7 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2010	R32	Dudi Sela	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data