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Robin Soderling #27 def. Julien Benneteau #56

6-3 6-7(5) 6-1

Match Information

Date	Oct 26, 2008*
Tournament	Lyon
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	Robin Soderling
Score	6-3 6-7(5) 6-1
Loser	Julien Benneteau
Duration	1h 43m

Stat	Robin Soderling	Julien Benneteau
Aces	10	7
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	74	63
First serve points won %	83	68
Second serve points won %	59	54
Break points saved %	75	20
Break points converted %	80	25
Service points won %	77	63
Return points won %	37	23
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Robin Soderling	Julien Benneteau
Country	SWE	FRA
Birth date	Aug 14, 1984	Dec 20, 1981
Age	24	26
Height	193	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	27	56
Ranking points (entering)	1,115	704
Elo (entering)	1,951	1,796
Career W-L	285–166	269–292
Career earnings	$10,423,124	$9,556,742

Pre-match H2H

Robin Soderling 1 – 2 Julien Benneteau

Path

Robin Soderling's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 2008	SF	Gilles Simon	5-7 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 2008	QF	Andy Roddick	7-6(5) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 24, 2008	R16	Christophe Rochus	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 2008	R32	Thierry Ascione	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Robin Soderling'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
Oct 25, 2008	SF	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	7-6(4) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 2008	QF	Steve Darcis	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 24, 2008	R16	Tommy Robredo	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 2008	R32	Arnaud Clement	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data