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Paul-Henri Mathieu #172 def. Ernests Gulbis #72

4-6 6-1 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 21, 2012*
Tournament	Gstaad
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Score	4-6 6-1 6-4
Loser	Ernests Gulbis
Duration	1h 46m

Stat	Paul-Henri Mathieu	Ernests Gulbis
Aces	3	10
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	50	56
First serve points won %	80	75
Second serve points won %	57	48
Break points saved %	50	40
Break points converted %	60	50
Service points won %	68	63
Return points won %	37	32
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Paul-Henri Mathieu	Ernests Gulbis
Country	FRA	LAT
Birth date	Jan 12, 1982	Aug 30, 1988
Age	30	23
Height	185	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	172	72
Ranking points (entering)	297	651
Elo (entering)	1,799	1,723
Career W-L	268–297	221–232
Career earnings	$6,299,093	$7,668,948

Pre-match H2H

Paul-Henri Mathieu 1 – 0 Ernests Gulbis

Path

Paul-Henri Mathieu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 20, 2012	R16	Stan Wawrinka	7-6(3) 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 19, 2012	R32	Igor Andreev	6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Paul-Henri Mathieu's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 21, 2012	SF	Janko Tipsarevic	6-7(10) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Ernests Gulbis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 20, 2012	R16	Benoit Paire	5-7 7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 19, 2012	R32	Filippo Volandri	7-6(2) 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data