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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga #14 def. David Nalbandian #8

6-3 4-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Nov 2, 2008*
Tournament	Paris Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Score	6-3 4-6 6-4
Loser	David Nalbandian
Duration	2h

Stat	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	David Nalbandian
Aces	25	4
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	64	62
First serve points won %	82	75
Second serve points won %	47	48
Break points saved %	89	50
Break points converted %	50	11
Service points won %	70	65
Return points won %	35	30
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	David Nalbandian
Country	FRA	ARG
Birth date	Apr 17, 1985	Jan 1, 1982
Age	23	26
Height	188	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	14	8
Ranking points (entering)	1,485	1,875
Elo (entering)	1,991	2,032
Career W-L	445–228	356–185
Career earnings	$22,524,073	$11,123,125

Pre-match H2H

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 0 – 0 David Nalbandian

Path

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 1, 2008	SF	James Blake	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 1, 2008	QF	Andy Roddick	5-7 6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 31, 2008	R16	Novak Djokovic	6-4 1-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 2008	R32	Radek Stepanek	3-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 1, 2008	SF	Nikolay Davydenko	6-1 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Nov 1, 2008	QF	Andy Murray	7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 31, 2008	R16	Juan Martin del Potro	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 2008	R32	Nicolas Kiefer	7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data