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Gilles Simon #22 def. Marin Cilic #44

3-6 6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jul 26, 2008*
Tournament	Canada Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Gilles Simon
Score	3-6 6-2 6-3
Loser	Marin Cilic
Duration	2h 22m

Stat	Gilles Simon	Marin Cilic
Aces	3	8
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	69	42
First serve points won %	69	67
Second serve points won %	55	56
Break points saved %	89	80
Break points converted %	20	11
Service points won %	64	61
Return points won %	39	36
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gilles Simon	Marin Cilic
Country	FRA	CRO
Birth date	Dec 27, 1984	Sep 28, 1988
Age	23	19
Height	183	198
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	22	44
Ranking points (entering)	1,205	860
Elo (entering)	1,913	1,858
Career W-L	493–379	572–344
Career earnings	$16,045,734	$33,355,926

Pre-match H2H

Gilles Simon 2 – 0 Marin Cilic

Path

Gilles Simon's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 2008	R16	Jose Acasuso	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 24, 2008	R32	Roger Federer	2-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 23, 2008	R64	Donald Young	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Gilles Simon's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 26, 2008	SF	Nicolas Kiefer	7-6(4) 3-6 6-7(5)	L	H2H	Match data

Marin Cilic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 2008	R16	Andy Roddick	6-4 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 24, 2008	R32	Tommy Robredo	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 23, 2008	R64	Lukas Dlouhy	6-3 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data