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Richard Gasquet #68 def. Potito Starace #63

7-6(1) 7-6(6)

Match Information

Date	May 21, 2010*
Tournament	Nice
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Richard Gasquet
Score	7-6(1) 7-6(6)
Loser	Potito Starace
Duration	2h 2m

Stat	Richard Gasquet	Potito Starace
Aces	8	2
Double faults	2	0
First serve %	64	81
First serve points won %	67	66
Second serve points won %	62	73
Break points saved %	86	75
Break points converted %	25	14
Service points won %	65	68
Return points won %	32	35
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Richard Gasquet	Potito Starace
Country	FRA	ITA
Birth date	Jun 18, 1986	Jul 14, 1981
Age	23	28
Height	183	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	68	63
Ranking points (entering)	715	732
Elo (entering)	1,839	1,695
Career W-L	596–406	147–188
Career earnings	$21,504,662	$3,796,316

Pre-match H2H

Richard Gasquet 2 – 1 Potito Starace

Path

Richard Gasquet's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 21, 2010	QF	Olivier Rochus	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 20, 2010	R16	Alexandr Dolgopolov	6-0 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2010	R32	Lukas Lacko	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Richard Gasquet's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 22, 2010	F	Fernando Verdasco	6-3 5-7 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Potito Starace's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 21, 2010	QF	Gael Monfils	7-6(2) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 20, 2010	R16	Lukasz Kubot	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2010	R32	Steve Darcis	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data