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Benoit Paire #41 def. Nikoloz Basilashvili #64

6-1 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Sep 23, 2017*
Tournament	Metz
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Benoit Paire
Score	6-1 7-6(5)
Loser	Nikoloz Basilashvili
Duration	1h

Stat	Benoit Paire	Nikoloz Basilashvili
Aces	17	1
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	66	67
First serve points won %	82	69
Second serve points won %	60	53
Break points saved %	100	50
Break points converted %	50	0
Service points won %	75	64
Return points won %	36	25
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Benoit Paire	Nikoloz Basilashvili
Country	FRA	GEO
Birth date	May 8, 1989	Feb 23, 1992
Age	28	25
Height	196	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	41	64
Ranking points (entering)	1,085	794
Elo (entering)	1,839	1,763
Career W-L	239–293	149–180
Career earnings	$10,544,721	$9,780,652

Pre-match H2H

Benoit Paire 2 – 0 Nikoloz Basilashvili

Path

Benoit Paire's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 23, 2017	QF	David Goffin	7-6(3) 5-7 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 22, 2017	R16	Marcel Granollers	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 21, 2017	R32	Stefanos Tsitsipas	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Benoit Paire's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 24, 2017	F	Peter Gojowczyk	5-7 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Nikoloz Basilashvili's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 23, 2017	QF	Denis Istomin	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 22, 2017	R16	Gilles Muller	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 21, 2017	R32	Vincent Millot	2-6 7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data