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Mario Ancic #12 def. Ernests Gulbis #204

6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 28, 2006*
Tournament	St. Petersburg
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Mario Ancic
Score	6-2 6-3
Loser	Ernests Gulbis
Duration	1h 33m

Stat	Mario Ancic	Ernests Gulbis
Aces	5	4
Double faults	3	1
First serve %	63	71
First serve points won %	76	62
Second serve points won %	50	31
Break points saved %	100	57
Break points converted %	43	0
Service points won %	66	53
Return points won %	47	34
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mario Ancic	Ernests Gulbis
Country	CRO	LAT
Birth date	Mar 30, 1984	Aug 30, 1988
Age	22	18
Height	196	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	12	204
Ranking points (entering)	1,750	197
Elo (entering)	1,948	1,559
Career W-L	193–124	221–232
Career earnings	$4,024,686	$7,668,948

Pre-match H2H

Mario Ancic 0 – 0 Ernests Gulbis

Path

Mario Ancic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 2006	QF	Max Mirnyi	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 2006	R16	Raemon Sluiter	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 2006	R32	Paul Goldstein	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Mario Ancic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 2006	F	Thomas Johansson	7-5 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data

Ernests Gulbis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 2006	QF	Jan Hernych	7-6(6) 6-7(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 2006	R16	Lukas Dlouhy	5-7 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 2006	R32	Robin Vik	6-4 3-6 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data