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Nicolas Massu #28 def. Paul-Henri Mathieu #51

1-6 6-2 7-6(0)

Match Information

Date	Sep 28, 2003*
Tournament	Palermo
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Nicolas Massu
Score	1-6 6-2 7-6(0)
Loser	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Duration	2h 49m

Stat	Nicolas Massu	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Aces	2	1
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	59	46
First serve points won %	53	49
Second serve points won %	47	53
Break points saved %	33	33
Break points converted %	67	67
Service points won %	51	51
Return points won %	49	49
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Massu	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Country	CHI	FRA
Birth date	Oct 10, 1979	Jan 12, 1982
Age	23	21
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	28	51
Ranking points (entering)	1,049	706
Elo (entering)	1,851	1,701
Career W-L	218–217	268–297
Career earnings	$4,344,833	$6,299,093

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Massu 0 – 0 Paul-Henri Mathieu

Path

Nicolas Massu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 2003	SF	Luis Horna	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 2003	QF	Albert Montanes	6-4 1-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 2003	R16	Jose Acasuso	6-2 3-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 2003	R32	Christophe Rochus	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Massu's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Paul-Henri Mathieu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 2003	SF	Alberto Martin	7-6(5) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 2003	QF	Diego Veronelli	4-6 7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 2003	R16	Nicolas Almagro	7-6(6) 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 2003	R32	Albert Portas	4-6 6-3 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data