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Julien Benneteau #42 def. Fernando Gonzalez #8

3-6 6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	Nov 2, 2006*
Tournament	Paris Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Carpet
Round	R32
Winner	Julien Benneteau
Score	3-6 6-4 7-5
Loser	Fernando Gonzalez
Duration	2h 8m

Stat	Julien Benneteau	Fernando Gonzalez
Aces	5	9
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	67	58
First serve points won %	71	70
Second serve points won %	45	45
Break points saved %	67	56
Break points converted %	44	33
Service points won %	62	60
Return points won %	40	38
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Julien Benneteau	Fernando Gonzalez
Country	FRA	CHI
Birth date	Dec 20, 1981	Jul 29, 1980
Age	24	26
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	42	8
Ranking points (entering)	837	2,115
Elo (entering)	1,684	2,010
Career W-L	269–292	330–192
Career earnings	$9,556,742	$8,862,276

Pre-match H2H

Julien Benneteau 0 – 1 Fernando Gonzalez

Path

Julien Benneteau's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 1, 2006	R64	Fabrice Santoro	5-7 6-3 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Julien Benneteau's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 4, 2006	R16	Mario Ancic	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Fernando Gonzalez's path

No prior matches in this tournament.