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Richard Gasquet #25 def. Denis Istomin #105

6-3 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 22, 2009*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Richard Gasquet
Score	6-3 6-4 6-4
Loser	Denis Istomin
Duration	2h

Stat	Richard Gasquet	Denis Istomin
Aces	7	5
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	53	59
First serve points won %	78	66
Second serve points won %	63	36
Break points saved %	67	69
Break points converted %	31	33
Service points won %	71	54
Return points won %	46	29
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Richard Gasquet	Denis Istomin
Country	FRA	UZB
Birth date	Jun 18, 1986	Sep 7, 1986
Age	22	22
Height	183	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	25	105
Ranking points (entering)	2,330	910
Elo (entering)	1,925	1,600
Career W-L	596–406	191–245
Career earnings	$21,504,662	$6,339,469

Pre-match H2H

Richard Gasquet 0 – 0 Denis Istomin

Path

Richard Gasquet's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2009	R128	Diego Junqueira	6-7(5) 7-6(3) 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Richard Gasquet's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2009	R32	Fernando Gonzalez	6-3 6-3 6-7(10) 2-6 10-12	L	H2H	Match data

Denis Istomin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2009	R128	Vincent Spadea	6-2 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data