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Gilles Simon #8 def. Gael Monfils #13

6-4 2-6 6-1 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Jan 27, 2009*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Gilles Simon
Score	6-4 2-6 6-1 (ret.)
Loser	Gael Monfils
Duration	1h 59m

Stat	Gilles Simon	Gael Monfils
Aces	3	1
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	64	56
First serve points won %	71	60
Second serve points won %	36	41
Break points saved %	56	50
Break points converted %	50	44
Service points won %	58	52
Return points won %	48	42
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gilles Simon	Gael Monfils
Country	FRA	FRA
Birth date	Dec 27, 1984	Sep 1, 1986
Age	24	22
Height	183	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	13
Ranking points (entering)	3,960	3,010
Elo (entering)	1,993	1,984
Career W-L	493–379	569–356
Career earnings	$16,045,734	$25,007,032

Pre-match H2H

Gilles Simon 0 – 0 Gael Monfils

Path

Gilles Simon's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2009	R32	Mario Ancic	7-6(2) 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2009	R64	Chris Guccione	6-7(5) 6-4 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2009	R128	Pablo Andujar	6-4 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Gilles Simon's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 2009	QF	Rafael Nadal	2-6 5-7 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Gael Monfils's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2009	R32	Nicolas Almagro	6-4 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2009	R64	Stefan Koubek	6-4 6-4 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2009	R128	Martin Vassallo Arguello	6-1 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data