Julien Benneteau #56 def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga #14

7-6(4) 7-5

Julien Benneteau defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6(4) 7-5 in the 2008 Montpellier Open semifinal on carpet courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 25, 2008*
Tournament: Montpellier Open
Edition: 2008
Category: International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Carpet
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 45m

Match Statistics

Stat	Julien Benneteau	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Aces	7	14
Double faults	3	1
First serve %	72	57
First serve points won %	75	74
Second serve points won %	62	53
Break points saved %	75	67
Break points converted %	33	25
Service points won %	71	65
Return points won %	35	29
Total points won %	53	47

Player Comparison

Field	Julien Benneteau	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Country	FRA	FRA
Birth date	Dec 20, 1981	Apr 17, 1985
Age	26	23
Height	185 cm	188 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	56	14
Ranking points (entering)	704	1,485
Elo (entering)	1,772	1,960
Current career W-L	270–293	449–230
Current career earnings	$9,556,742	$22,524,073

Pre-match H2H

Julien Benneteau #56 1 – 1 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga #14

Path

Julien Benneteau's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Steve Darcis #58	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 25, 2008	QF
Tommy Robredo #18	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 24, 2008	R16
Arnaud Clement #95	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 23, 2008	R32

Julien Benneteau's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Robin Soderling #27	3-6 7-6(5) 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 26, 2008	F

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Juan Carlos Ferrero #63	7-6(5) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 25, 2008	QF
Fabrice Santoro #54	6-2 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 24, 2008	R16
Marc Gicquel #40	7-5 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 23, 2008	R32