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Jurgen Melzer #43 def. Juan Martin del Potro #5

7-5 2-1 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Oct 14, 2009*
Tournament	Shanghai Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Jurgen Melzer
Score	7-5 2-1 (ret.)
Loser	Juan Martin del Potro
Duration	1h 15m

Stat	Jurgen Melzer	Juan Martin del Potro
Aces	6	4
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	60	65
First serve points won %	81	66
Second serve points won %	56	42
Break points saved %	75	67
Break points converted %	33	25
Service points won %	71	57
Return points won %	43	29
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jurgen Melzer	Juan Martin del Potro
Country	AUT	ARG
Birth date	May 22, 1981	Sep 23, 1988
Age	28	21
Height	183	198
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	43	5
Ranking points (entering)	985	6,555
Elo (entering)	1,846	2,242
Career W-L	326–303	416–172
Career earnings	$10,739,212	$25,896,046

Pre-match H2H

Jurgen Melzer 0 – 4 Juan Martin del Potro

Path

Jurgen Melzer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 2009	R64	Jeremy Chardy	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jurgen Melzer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 2009	R16	Feliciano Lopez	7-5 6-7(3) 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Juan Martin del Potro's path

No prior matches in this tournament.