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Juan Martin del Potro #5 def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga #9

6-1 6-7(5) 6-1 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jun 2, 2009*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Juan Martin del Potro
Score	6-1 6-7(5) 6-1 6-4
Loser	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Duration	2h 41m

Stat	Juan Martin del Potro	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Aces	9	7
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	69	54
First serve points won %	81	61
Second serve points won %	71	56
Break points saved %	0	54
Break points converted %	46	100
Service points won %	78	58
Return points won %	42	22
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Juan Martin del Potro	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Country	ARG	FRA
Birth date	Sep 23, 1988	Apr 17, 1985
Age	20	24
Height	198	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	9
Ranking points (entering)	4,830	3,330
Elo (entering)	2,100	2,033
Career W-L	416–172	445–228
Career earnings	$25,896,046	$22,524,073

Pre-match H2H

Juan Martin del Potro 2 – 0 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Path

Juan Martin del Potro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2009	R32	Igor Andreev	6-4 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2009	R64	Viktor Troicki	6-3 7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2009	R128	Michael Llodra	6-3 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Martin del Potro's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 2009	QF	Tommy Robredo	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2009	R32	Christophe Rochus	6-2 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2009	R64	Juan Monaco	7-5 2-6 6-1 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2009	R128	Julien Benneteau	6-4 3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data