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Robin Soderling #59 def. Gilles Simon #36

6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Feb 23, 2008*
Tournament	Rotterdam
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Robin Soderling
Score	6-2 6-1
Loser	Gilles Simon
Duration	51m

Stat	Robin Soderling	Gilles Simon
Aces	4	3
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	71	66
First serve points won %	88	52
Second serve points won %	60	35
Break points saved %	—	0
Break points converted %	100	—
Service points won %	80	46
Return points won %	54	20
Total points won %	65	35

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Robin Soderling	Gilles Simon
Country	SWE	FRA
Birth date	Aug 14, 1984	Dec 27, 1984
Age	23	23
Height	193	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	59	36
Ranking points (entering)	575	875
Elo (entering)	1,898	1,847
Career W-L	285–166	493–379
Career earnings	$10,423,124	$16,045,734

Pre-match H2H

Robin Soderling 1 – 2 Gilles Simon

Path

Robin Soderling's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 23, 2008	QF	Andreas Seppi	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 22, 2008	R16	Fernando Verdasco	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 2008	R32	Marcos Baghdatis	6-3 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Robin Soderling's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 24, 2008	F	Michael Llodra	7-6(3) 3-6 6-7(4)	L	H2H	Match data

Gilles Simon's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 23, 2008	QF	Teymuraz Gabashvili	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 22, 2008	R16	Janko Tipsarevic	7-6(4) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 2008	R32	Feliciano Lopez	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data