Florent Serra #68 def. Andrei Pavel #56

6-7(5) 6-2 6-3

Florent Serra defeated Andrei Pavel 6-7(5) 6-2 6-3 in the 2005 Tiriac Open semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 17, 2005*
Tournament: Tiriac Open
Edition: 2005
Category: ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Clay
Round: SF
Duration: 2h 37m

Match Statistics

Stat	Florent Serra	Andrei Pavel
Aces	3	5
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	54	59
First serve points won %	75	65
Second serve points won %	57	53
Break points saved %	100	73
Break points converted %	27	0
Service points won %	67	60
Return points won %	40	33
Total points won %	53	47

Player Comparison

Field	Florent Serra	Andrei Pavel
Country	FRA	ROU
Birth date	Feb 28, 1981	Jan 27, 1974
Age	24	31
Height	180 cm	183 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	68	56
Ranking points (entering)	515	710
Elo (entering)	1,672	1,657
Current career W-L	123–170	249–252
Current career earnings	$2,969,796	$5,225,028

Pre-match H2H

Florent Serra #68 1 – 0 Andrei Pavel #56

Path

Florent Serra's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Paul-Henri Mathieu #54	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 17, 2005	QF
Filippo Volandri #41	1-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 16, 2005	R16
Victor Crivoi #318	3-6 7-6(5) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 15, 2005	R32

Florent Serra's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Igor Andreev #52	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 18, 2005	F

Andrei Pavel's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Florian Mayer #66	7-5 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 17, 2005	QF
Oliver Marach #128	3-6 7-6(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 16, 2005	R16
Alberto Martin #62	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 15, 2005	R32