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Novak Djokovic #3 def. Paul-Henri Mathieu #19

6-4 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jun 3, 2008*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	6-4 6-3 6-4
Loser	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Duration	2h 20m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Aces	14	8
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	70	57
First serve points won %	83	71
Second serve points won %	48	38
Break points saved %	88	58
Break points converted %	42	12
Service points won %	73	57
Return points won %	43	27
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Country	SRB	FRA
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Jan 12, 1982
Age	21	26
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	3	19
Ranking points (entering)	5,225	1,270
Elo (entering)	2,170	1,863
Career W-L	1,122–223	268–297
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$6,299,093

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 1 – 1 Paul-Henri Mathieu

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2008	R32	Wayne Odesnik	7-5 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2008	R64	Miguel Angel Lopez Jaen	6-1 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2008	R128	Denis Gremelmayr	4-6 6-3 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 2008	QF	Ernests Gulbis	7-5 7-6(3) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Paul-Henri Mathieu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2008	R32	Eduardo Schwank	6-2 6-3 3-6 7-6(9)	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2008	R64	Oscar Hernandez	2-6 1-6 6-4 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2008	R128	Gustavo Kuerten	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data