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Nicolas Almagro #14 def. Gilles Simon #12

6-1 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 25, 2012*
Tournament	Nice
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Nicolas Almagro
Score	6-1 6-3
Loser	Gilles Simon
Duration	1h 8m

Stat	Nicolas Almagro	Gilles Simon
Aces	8	1
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	49	54
First serve points won %	81	67
Second serve points won %	54	35
Break points saved %	100	56
Break points converted %	44	0
Service points won %	67	52
Return points won %	48	33
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Almagro	Gilles Simon
Country	ESP	FRA
Birth date	Aug 21, 1985	Dec 27, 1984
Age	26	27
Height	183	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	14	12
Ranking points (entering)	2,095	2,615
Elo (entering)	2,010	1,992
Career W-L	385–272	493–379
Career earnings	$10,752,234	$16,045,734

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Almagro 1 – 1 Gilles Simon

Path

Nicolas Almagro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 25, 2012	QF	Steve Darcis	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 24, 2012	R16	Edouard Roger-Vasselin	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Almagro's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 26, 2012	F	Brian Baker	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Gilles Simon's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 25, 2012	QF	Thomaz Bellucci	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 24, 2012	R16	Grigor Dimitrov	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data