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Julien Benneteau #49 def. Marcos Baghdatis #43

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 14, 2012*
Tournament	Sydney
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Julien Benneteau
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Marcos Baghdatis
Duration	1h 56m

Stat	Julien Benneteau	Marcos Baghdatis
Aces	4	7
Double faults	5	2
First serve %	66	54
First serve points won %	67	62
Second serve points won %	47	45
Break points saved %	80	50
Break points converted %	50	20
Service points won %	60	54
Return points won %	46	40
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Julien Benneteau	Marcos Baghdatis
Country	FRA	CYP
Birth date	Dec 20, 1981	Jun 17, 1985
Age	30	26
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	49	43
Ranking points (entering)	900	940
Elo (entering)	1,903	1,916
Career W-L	269–292	324–272
Career earnings	$9,556,742	$8,918,917

Pre-match H2H

Julien Benneteau 3 – 2 Marcos Baghdatis

Path

Julien Benneteau's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2012	QF	Alex Bogomolov Jr	6-2 6-4	W	—	Match data
Jan 13, 2012	R16	Feliciano Lopez	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2012	R32	Andreas Seppi	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Julien Benneteau's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2012	F	Jarkko Nieminen	2-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Marcos Baghdatis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2012	QF	Juan Martin del Potro	7-6(7) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 2012	R16	Matthew Ebden	3-6 7-5 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2012	R32	Dmitry Tursunov	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data