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Nicolas Kiefer #37 def. Gilles Simon #22

6-7(4) 6-3 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Jul 26, 2008*
Tournament	Canada Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Nicolas Kiefer
Score	6-7(4) 6-3 7-6(5)
Loser	Gilles Simon
Duration	2h 59m

Stat	Nicolas Kiefer	Gilles Simon
Aces	11	5
Double faults	4	1
First serve %	49	59
First serve points won %	85	68
Second serve points won %	45	58
Break points saved %	77	50
Break points converted %	50	23
Service points won %	64	64
Return points won %	36	36
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Kiefer	Gilles Simon
Country	GER	FRA
Birth date	Jul 5, 1977	Dec 27, 1984
Age	31	23
Height	183	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	37	22
Ranking points (entering)	920	1,205
Elo (entering)	1,944	1,926
Career W-L	343–252	493–379
Career earnings	$7,480,465	$16,045,734

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Kiefer 0 – 0 Gilles Simon

Path

Nicolas Kiefer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 26, 2008	QF	James Blake	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 2008	R16	Nikolay Davydenko	4-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 24, 2008	R32	Mikhail Youzhny	7-6(4) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 23, 2008	R64	Mardy Fish	7-5 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Kiefer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 27, 2008	F	Rafael Nadal	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Gilles Simon's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 26, 2008	QF	Marin Cilic	3-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 2008	R16	Jose Acasuso	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 24, 2008	R32	Roger Federer	2-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 23, 2008	R64	Donald Young	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data