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Gilles Simon #36 def. Julien Benneteau #65

7-5 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 24, 2008*
Tournament	Casablanca
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Gilles Simon
Score	7-5 6-2
Loser	Julien Benneteau
Duration	1h 17m

Stat	Gilles Simon	Julien Benneteau
Aces	3	3
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	67	69
First serve points won %	85	60
Second serve points won %	53	41
Break points saved %	50	50
Break points converted %	50	50
Service points won %	75	54
Return points won %	46	25
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gilles Simon	Julien Benneteau
Country	FRA	FRA
Birth date	Dec 27, 1984	Dec 20, 1981
Age	23	26
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	36	65
Ranking points (entering)	900	570
Elo (entering)	1,833	1,796
Career W-L	493–379	269–292
Career earnings	$16,045,734	$9,556,742

Pre-match H2H

Gilles Simon 0 – 1 Julien Benneteau

Path

Gilles Simon's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 23, 2008	SF	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
May 23, 2008	QF	Marc Gicquel	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 22, 2008	R16	Boris Pashanski	3-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 21, 2008	R32	Florent Serra	6-2 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2008	Q3	Gianluca Naso	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2008	Q2	Saad Benkirane	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Gilles Simon's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Julien Benneteau's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 23, 2008	SF	Agustin Calleri	1-6 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 23, 2008	QF	Oscar Hernandez	6-3 5-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
May 22, 2008	R16	Pablo Cuevas	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 21, 2008	R32	Florian Mayer	2-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data