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Marin Cilic #70 def. Gilles Simon #31

5-7 7-6(3) 6-4 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 3, 2014*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Marin Cilic
Score	5-7 7-6(3) 6-4 3-6 6-3
Loser	Gilles Simon
Duration	4h 13m

Stat	Marin Cilic	Gilles Simon
Aces	22	17
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	54	57
First serve points won %	80	71
Second serve points won %	58	54
Break points saved %	70	77
Break points converted %	23	30
Service points won %	69	63
Return points won %	37	31
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marin Cilic	Gilles Simon
Country	CRO	FRA
Birth date	Sep 28, 1988	Dec 27, 1984
Age	25	29
Height	198	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	70	31
Ranking points (entering)	765	1,180
Elo (entering)	2,096	1,926
Career W-L	572–344	493–379
Career earnings	$33,355,926	$16,045,734

Pre-match H2H

Marin Cilic 0 – 4 Gilles Simon

Path

Marin Cilic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2014	R32	Kevin Anderson	6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2014	R64	Illya Marchenko	7-6(2) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2014	R128	Marcos Baghdatis	6-3 3-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Marin Cilic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 2014	QF	Tomas Berdych	6-2 6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Gilles Simon's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2014	R32	David Ferrer	6-3 3-6 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2014	R64	Federico Delbonis	6-4 3-6 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2014	R128	Radu Albot	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data