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Pablo Carreno Busta #53 def. Gilles Simon #35

7-5 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Aug 13, 2019*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Pablo Carreno Busta
Score	7-5 7-6(4)
Loser	Gilles Simon
Duration	2h 17m

Stat	Pablo Carreno Busta	Gilles Simon
Aces	4	7
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	67	59
First serve points won %	68	75
Second serve points won %	58	50
Break points saved %	83	60
Break points converted %	40	17
Service points won %	65	65
Return points won %	35	35
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pablo Carreno Busta	Gilles Simon
Country	ESP	FRA
Birth date	Jul 12, 1991	Dec 27, 1984
Age	28	34
Height	188	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	53	35
Ranking points (entering)	962	1,275
Elo (entering)	1,816	1,775
Career W-L	277–232	493–379
Career earnings	$17,658,380	$16,045,734

Pre-match H2H

Pablo Carreno Busta 3 – 2 Gilles Simon

Path

Pablo Carreno Busta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 11, 2019	Q1	Marius Copil	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Pablo Carreno Busta's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 2019	R32	John Isner	6-4 6-7(1) 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data

Gilles Simon's path

No prior matches in this tournament.