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Mardy Fish #35 def. Gael Monfils #33

7-5 6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 2, 2008*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Mardy Fish
Score	7-5 6-2 6-2
Loser	Gael Monfils
Duration	1h 58m

Stat	Mardy Fish	Gael Monfils
Aces	5	6
Double faults	5	4
First serve %	47	70
First serve points won %	80	60
Second serve points won %	55	38
Break points saved %	86	54
Break points converted %	46	14
Service points won %	67	53
Return points won %	47	33
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mardy Fish	Gael Monfils
Country	USA	FRA
Birth date	Dec 9, 1981	Sep 1, 1986
Age	26	22
Height	188	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	35	33
Ranking points (entering)	955	963
Elo (entering)	1,848	1,892
Career W-L	290–211	569–356
Career earnings	$7,460,641	$25,007,032

Pre-match H2H

Mardy Fish 0 – 0 Gael Monfils

Path

Mardy Fish's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2008	R32	James Blake	6-3 6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2008	R64	Paul-Henri Mathieu	6-2 3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2008	R128	Robert Smeets	7-6(4) 6-7(3) 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Mardy Fish's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2008	QF	Rafael Nadal	6-3 1-6 4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Gael Monfils's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2008	R32	David Nalbandian	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2008	R64	Evgeny Korolev	6-2 6-3 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2008	R128	Pablo Cuevas	6-4 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data