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Paul-Henri Mathieu #47 def. Kristian Pless #92

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

Match Information

Date Oct 12, 2002*
Tournament Lyon
Category ATP 250
Surface Carpet
RoundSF
Winner Paul-Henri Mathieu
Score6-7(5) 7-6(5) 6-4
Loser Kristian Pless
Duration2h 42m

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldPaul-Henri MathieuKristian Pless
Country FRA DEN
Birth dateJan 12, 1982Feb 9, 1981
Age2021
Height185188
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)4792
Ranking points (entering)732431
Elo (entering)1,8061,673
Career W-L268–29743–81
Career earnings$6,299,093$1,127,884
Pre-match H2H
Paul-Henri Mathieu 0 0 Kristian Pless

Path

Paul-Henri Mathieu's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 12, 2002QF Jonas Bjorkman 7-5 6-4WH2HMatch data
Oct 11, 2002R16 Thomas Johansson 7-5 6-7(5) (ret.)WH2HMatch data
Oct 10, 2002R32 Julien Boutter 6-2 7-5WH2HMatch data

Paul-Henri Mathieu's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 13, 2002F Gustavo Kuerten 4-6 6-3 6-1WH2HMatch data

Kristian Pless's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 12, 2002QF Nicolas Escude 6-3 6-1WH2HMatch data
Oct 11, 2002R16 Ivan Ljubicic 4-6 6-4 6-4WH2HMatch data
Oct 10, 2002R32 David Sanchez 6-4 6-4WH2HMatch data