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Robin Soderling #27 def. Gilles Simon #10

5-7 6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 25, 2008*
Tournament	Lyon
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Robin Soderling
Score	5-7 6-3 6-3
Loser	Gilles Simon
Duration	2h 39m

Stat	Robin Soderling	Gilles Simon
Aces	8	9
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	60	51
First serve points won %	74	78
Second serve points won %	59	53
Break points saved %	60	43
Break points converted %	57	40
Service points won %	68	65
Return points won %	35	32
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Robin Soderling	Gilles Simon
Country	SWE	FRA
Birth date	Aug 14, 1984	Dec 27, 1984
Age	24	23
Height	193	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	27	10
Ranking points (entering)	1,115	1,690
Elo (entering)	1,933	1,982
Career W-L	285–166	493–379
Career earnings	$10,423,124	$16,045,734

Pre-match H2H

Robin Soderling 2 – 2 Gilles Simon

Path

Robin Soderling's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 2008	QF	Andy Roddick	7-6(5) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 24, 2008	R16	Christophe Rochus	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 2008	R32	Thierry Ascione	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Robin Soderling's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 2008	F	Julien Benneteau	6-3 6-7(5) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Gilles Simon's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 2008	QF	Josselin Ouanna	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 24, 2008	R16	Andreas Seppi	7-6(5) 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 2008	R32	Juan Monaco	2-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data