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Gilles Simon #16 def. Robby Ginepri #63

6-7(6) 6-4 7-6(6)

Match Information

Date	Oct 17, 2008*
Tournament	Madrid Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Gilles Simon
Score	6-7(6) 6-4 7-6(6)
Loser	Robby Ginepri
Duration	2h 35m

Stat	Gilles Simon	Robby Ginepri
Aces	12	6
Double faults	4	4
First serve %	55	71
First serve points won %	74	65
Second serve points won %	58	51
Break points saved %	50	71
Break points converted %	29	50
Service points won %	67	61
Return points won %	39	33
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gilles Simon	Robby Ginepri
Country	FRA	USA
Birth date	Dec 27, 1984	Oct 7, 1982
Age	23	26
Height	183	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	16	63
Ranking points (entering)	1,390	660
Elo (entering)	1,918	1,822
Career W-L	493–379	185–194
Career earnings	$16,045,734	$3,897,123

Pre-match H2H

Gilles Simon 0 – 1 Robby Ginepri

Path

Gilles Simon's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 15, 2008	R32	James Blake	3-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2008	R64	Igor Andreev	4-6 6-1 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data

Gilles Simon's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 2008	QF	Ivo Karlovic	7-6(1) 4-6 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data

Robby Ginepri's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 15, 2008	R32	Nikolay Davydenko	4-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2008	R64	Michael Llodra	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 2008	Q2	Eduardo Schwank	7-6(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 2008	Q1	Janko Tipsarevic	6-3 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data