SF Palermo 2003

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

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

Paul-Henri Mathieu defeated Alberto Martin 7-6(5) 7-6(5) in the 2003 Palermo semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 27, 2003*
Tournament: Palermo
Edition: 2003
Category: ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Clay
Round: SF
Duration: 2h 26m

Match Statistics

Stat	Paul-Henri Mathieu	Alberto Martin
Aces	2	0
Double faults	4	6
First serve %	47.0%	72.0%
First serve points won %	62.0%	65.0%
Second serve points won %	66.0%	50.0%
Break points saved %	60.0%	67.0%
Break points converted %	33.0%	40.0%
Service points won %	64.0%	60.0%
Return points won %	40.0%	36.0%
Total points won %	52.0%	48.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Paul-Henri Mathieu	Alberto Martin
Country	FRA	ESP
Birth date	Jan 12, 1982	Aug 20, 1978
Age	21	25
Height	185 cm	175 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	51	61
Ranking points (entering)	706	624
Elo (entering)	1,684	1,693
Current career W-L	271–298	218–267
Current career earnings	$6,299,093	$3,840,885

Pre-match H2H

Paul-Henri Mathieu #51 1 – 0 Alberto Martin #61

Path

Paul-Henri Mathieu's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Diego Veronelli #232	4-6 7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 27, 2003	QF
Nicolas Almagro #189	7-6(6) 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 26, 2003	R16
Albert Portas #78	4-6 6-3 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 25, 2003	R32

Paul-Henri Mathieu's next match

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

Alberto Martin's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Franco Squillari #103	7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 27, 2003	QF
Galo Blanco #107	4-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 26, 2003	R16
David Ferrer #82	7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 25, 2003	R32