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Mardy Fish #212 def. Jurgen Melzer #72

3-6 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Apr 16, 2006*
Tournament	Houston
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Mardy Fish
Score	3-6 6-4 6-3
Loser	Jurgen Melzer
Duration	1h 52m

Stat	Mardy Fish	Jurgen Melzer
Aces	6	1
Double faults	6	3
First serve %	57	72
First serve points won %	85	71
Second serve points won %	49	41
Break points saved %	67	67
Break points converted %	33	33
Service points won %	69	62
Return points won %	38	31
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mardy Fish	Jurgen Melzer
Country	USA	AUT
Birth date	Dec 9, 1981	May 22, 1981
Age	24	24
Height	188	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	212	72
Ranking points (entering)	180	520
Elo (entering)	1,708	1,687
Career W-L	290–211	326–303
Career earnings	$7,460,641	$10,739,212

Pre-match H2H

Mardy Fish 0 – 1 Jurgen Melzer

Path

Mardy Fish's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 15, 2006	SF	Tommy Haas	4-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 15, 2006	QF	Vincent Spadea	4-6 7-6(1) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2006	R16	Rainer Schuettler	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 2006	R32	Juan Monaco	6-2 1-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Mardy Fish's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Jurgen Melzer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 15, 2006	SF	Paul Goldstein	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 15, 2006	QF	Fernando Vicente	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2006	R16	Marcos Daniel	7-6(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 2006	R32	Ivo Minar	7-6(7) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data