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Gaston Gaudio #8 def. Cyril Saulnier #122

3-6 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 8, 2006*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Gaston Gaudio
Score	3-6 6-3 6-4
Loser	Cyril Saulnier
Duration	2h 4m

Stat	Gaston Gaudio	Cyril Saulnier
Aces	3	7
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	69	52
First serve points won %	67	67
Second serve points won %	56	42
Break points saved %	43	62
Break points converted %	38	57
Service points won %	64	55
Return points won %	45	36
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gaston Gaudio	Cyril Saulnier
Country	ARG	FRA
Birth date	Dec 9, 1978	Aug 16, 1975
Age	27	30
Height	175	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	8	122
Ranking points (entering)	1,985	350
Elo (entering)	1,792	1,610
Career W-L	253–188	75–111
Career earnings	$6,066,156	$1,391,494

Pre-match H2H

Gaston Gaudio 0 – 0 Cyril Saulnier

Path

Gaston Gaudio's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Gaston Gaudio's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 2006	R32	Marcos Baghdatis	7-6(5) 3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Cyril Saulnier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 7, 2006	R128	Max Mirnyi	6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data