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Gael Monfils #59 def. David Ferrer #5

6-3 3-6 6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jun 5, 2008*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Gael Monfils
Score	6-3 3-6 6-3 6-1
Loser	David Ferrer
Duration	2h 27m

Stat	Gael Monfils	David Ferrer
Aces	10	1
Double faults	5	1
First serve %	55	64
First serve points won %	80	60
Second serve points won %	53	54
Break points saved %	71	54
Break points converted %	46	29
Service points won %	68	58
Return points won %	42	32
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gael Monfils	David Ferrer
Country	FRA	ESP
Birth date	Sep 1, 1986	Apr 2, 1982
Age	21	26
Height	193	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	59	5
Ranking points (entering)	613	2,730
Elo (entering)	1,824	2,023
Career W-L	569–356	700–368
Career earnings	$25,007,032	$31,483,911

Pre-match H2H

Gael Monfils 0 – 0 David Ferrer

Path

Gael Monfils's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 2008	R16	Ivan Ljubicic	7-6(1) 4-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2008	R32	Jurgen Melzer	4-6 7-5 4-6 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2008	R64	Luis Horna	7-6(5) 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2008	R128	Arnaud Clement	7-5 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Gael Monfils's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 2008	SF	Roger Federer	2-6 7-5 3-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

David Ferrer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 2008	R16	Radek Stepanek	4-6 6-2 1-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2008	R32	Lleyton Hewitt	6-2 3-6 3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2008	R64	Fabrice Santoro	6-0 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2008	R128	Steve Darcis	6-3 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data