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Novak Djokovic #3 def. Paul-Henri Mathieu #29

6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 16, 2009*
Tournament	Sydney
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	6-1 6-2
Loser	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Duration	55m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Aces	4	1
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	74	59
First serve points won %	77	65
Second serve points won %	91	19
Break points saved %	100	43
Break points converted %	57	0
Service points won %	81	46
Return points won %	54	19
Total points won %	68	32

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Country	SRB	FRA
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Jan 12, 1982
Age	21	27
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	3	29
Ranking points (entering)	10,590	2,000
Elo (entering)	2,093	1,801
Career W-L	1,122–223	268–297
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$6,299,093

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 2 – 1 Paul-Henri Mathieu

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2009	QF	Mario Ancic	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Paul-Henri Mathieu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2009	R32	Andreas Seppi	6-2 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data