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Cyril Saulnier #130 def. Byron Black #35

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 5, 2001*
Tournament	Chennai
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Cyril Saulnier
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Byron Black
Duration	1h 12m

Stat	Cyril Saulnier	Byron Black
Aces	10	2
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	61	57
First serve points won %	84	62
Second serve points won %	38	50
Break points saved %	33	0
Break points converted %	100	67
Service points won %	66	57
Return points won %	43	34
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Cyril Saulnier	Byron Black
Country	FRA	ZIM
Birth date	Aug 16, 1975	Oct 6, 1969
Age	25	31
Height	190	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	130	35
Ranking points (entering)	294	960
Elo (entering)	1,579	1,706
Career W-L	75–111	239–229
Career earnings	$1,391,494	$5,159,775

Pre-match H2H

Cyril Saulnier 0 – 0 Byron Black

Path

Cyril Saulnier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 2001	R32	Emilio Benfele Alvarez	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Cyril Saulnier's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2001	QF	Tommy Robredo	2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Byron Black's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 2001	R32	Nikolay Davydenko	6-4 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data