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Nicolas Almagro #21 def. Gael Monfils #10

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 1, 2009*
Tournament	Acapulco
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Nicolas Almagro
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Gael Monfils
Duration	1h 17m

Stat	Nicolas Almagro	Gael Monfils
Aces	5	7
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	57	59
First serve points won %	79	77
Second serve points won %	68	38
Break points saved %	0	62
Break points converted %	38	100
Service points won %	75	61
Return points won %	39	25
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Almagro	Gael Monfils
Country	ESP	FRA
Birth date	Aug 21, 1985	Sep 1, 1986
Age	23	22
Height	183	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	21	10
Ranking points (entering)	2,280	3,340
Elo (entering)	1,795	1,969
Career W-L	385–272	569–356
Career earnings	$10,752,234	$25,007,032

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Almagro 1 – 1 Gael Monfils

Path

Nicolas Almagro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2009	SF	Martin Vassallo Arguello	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2009	QF	Daniel Gimeno-Traver	6-2 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 2009	R16	Potito Starace	7-6(1) 6-7(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 2009	R32	Santiago Gonzalez	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Almagro's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Gael Monfils's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2009	SF	Jose Acasuso	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2009	QF	Leonardo Mayer	6-3 6-7(4) 4-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 2009	R16	Thomaz Bellucci	7-6(4) 6-7(5) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 2009	R32	Olivier Patience	7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data