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Novak Djokovic #22 def. Sebastien Grosjean #35

6-7(4) 7-6(1) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 7, 2006*
Tournament	Metz
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	6-7(4) 7-6(1) 6-3
Loser	Sebastien Grosjean
Duration	2h 45m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Sebastien Grosjean
Aces	6	10
Double faults	2	0
First serve %	62	53
First serve points won %	72	72
Second serve points won %	52	50
Break points saved %	67	56
Break points converted %	44	33
Service points won %	65	62
Return points won %	38	35
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Sebastien Grosjean
Country	SRB	FRA
Birth date	May 22, 1987	May 29, 1978
Age	19	28
Height	188	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	22	35
Ranking points (entering)	1,183	910
Elo (entering)	1,887	1,792
Career W-L	1,122–223	320–236
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$8,131,803

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 0 – 1 Sebastien Grosjean

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 7, 2006	QF	Tobias Clemens	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 6, 2006	R16	Daniele Bracciali	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 5, 2006	R32	Nicolas Mahut	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 2006	F	Jurgen Melzer	4-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Sebastien Grosjean's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 7, 2006	QF	Arnaud Clement	6-7(4) 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 6, 2006	R16	Julien Benneteau	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 5, 2006	R32	Florian Mayer	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data