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Gilles Simon #36 def. Marc Gicquel #59

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 23, 2008*
Tournament	Casablanca
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Gilles Simon
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Marc Gicquel
Duration	1h 21m

Stat	Gilles Simon	Marc Gicquel
Aces	5	4
Double faults	6	4
First serve %	53	47
First serve points won %	76	72
Second serve points won %	46	32
Break points saved %	83	60
Break points converted %	40	17
Service points won %	62	51
Return points won %	49	38
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gilles Simon	Marc Gicquel
Country	FRA	FRA
Birth date	Dec 27, 1984	Mar 30, 1977
Age	23	31
Height	183	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	36	59
Ranking points (entering)	900	604
Elo (entering)	1,801	1,722
Career W-L	493–379	92–113
Career earnings	$16,045,734	$2,513,519

Pre-match H2H

Gilles Simon 1 – 1 Marc Gicquel

Path

Gilles Simon's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 22, 2008	R16	Boris Pashanski	3-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 21, 2008	R32	Florent Serra	6-2 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2008	Q3	Gianluca Naso	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 18, 2008	Q2	Saad Benkirane	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Gilles Simon's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 23, 2008	SF	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data

Marc Gicquel's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 22, 2008	R16	Guillermo Coria	6-1 2-6 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
May 21, 2008	R32	Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data