Fabrice Santoro #65 def. Paul-Henri Mathieu #23

6-3 2-0 (ret.)

The match ended when Paul-Henri Mathieu retired.

Fabrice Santoro defeated Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-3 2-0 RET after Paul-Henri Mathieu retired in the 2008 Moscow quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 11, 2008*
Tournament: Moscow
Edition: 2008
Category: International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: QF
Duration: 43m

Match Statistics

Stat	Fabrice Santoro	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Aces	8	2
Double faults	0	0
First serve %	47	52
First serve points won %	87	67
Second serve points won %	71	36
Break points saved %	100	67
Break points converted %	33	0
Service points won %	78	52
Return points won %	48	22
Total points won %	64	36

Player Comparison

Field	Fabrice Santoro	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Country	FRA	FRA
Birth date	Dec 9, 1972	Jan 12, 1982
Age	35	26
Height	178 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	65	23
Ranking points (entering)	607	1,185
Elo (entering)	1,757	1,827
Current career W-L	462–435	271–298
Current career earnings	$10,013,832	$6,299,093

Pre-match H2H

Fabrice Santoro #65 3 – 2 Paul-Henri Mathieu #23

Path

Fabrice Santoro's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Denis Istomin #121	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 10, 2008	R16
Yuri Schukin #187	4-6 7-6(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 9, 2008	R32

Fabrice Santoro's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Igor Kunitsyn #71	4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 2008	SF

Paul-Henri Mathieu's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Dudi Sela #70	6-7(3) 7-5 7-6(0)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 10, 2008	R16
Sergiy Stakhovsky #85	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 9, 2008	R32