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Paul-Henri Mathieu #51 def. Alberto Martin #61

7-6(5) 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Sep 27, 2003*
Tournament	Palermo
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Score	7-6(5) 7-6(5)
Loser	Alberto Martin
Duration	2h 26m

Stat	Paul-Henri Mathieu	Alberto Martin
Aces	2	0
Double faults	4	6
First serve %	47	72
First serve points won %	62	65
Second serve points won %	66	50
Break points saved %	60	67
Break points converted %	33	40
Service points won %	64	60
Return points won %	40	36
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Paul-Henri Mathieu	Alberto Martin
Country	FRA	ESP
Birth date	Jan 12, 1982	Aug 20, 1978
Age	21	25
Height	185	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	51	61
Ranking points (entering)	706	624
Elo (entering)	1,685	1,695
Career W-L	268–297	218–267
Career earnings	$6,299,093	$3,840,885

Pre-match H2H

Paul-Henri Mathieu 1 – 0 Alberto Martin

Path

Paul-Henri Mathieu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 2003	QF	Diego Veronelli	4-6 7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 2003	R16	Nicolas Almagro	7-6(6) 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 2003	R32	Albert Portas	4-6 6-3 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Paul-Henri Mathieu's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 2003	F	Nicolas Massu	6-1 2-6 6-7(0)	L	H2H	Match data

Alberto Martin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 2003	QF	Franco Squillari	7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 2003	R16	Galo Blanco	4-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 2003	R32	David Ferrer	7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data