R128 Australian Open 2006

Gilles Simon #123 def. Nicolas Massu #61

7-6(6) 6-2 3-6 4-6 6-3

Gilles Simon defeated Nicolas Massu 7-6(6) 6-2 3-6 4-6 6-3 in the 2006 Australian Open round of 128 on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 18, 2006*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 2006
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: R128
Duration: 4h 13m

Match Statistics

Stat	Gilles Simon	Nicolas Massu
Aces	8	7
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	53.0%	59.0%
First serve points won %	67.0%	63.0%
Second serve points won %	50.0%	47.0%
Break points saved %	59.0%	62.0%
Break points converted %	38.0%	41.0%
Service points won %	59.0%	56.0%
Return points won %	44.0%	41.0%
Total points won %	51.0%	49.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Gilles Simon	Nicolas Massu
Country	FRA	CHI
Birth date	Dec 27, 1984	Oct 10, 1979
Age	21	26
Height	183 cm	183 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	123	61
Ranking points (entering)	365	600
Elo (entering)	1,582	1,660
Current career W-L	499–383	226–219
Current career earnings	$16,045,734	$4,344,833

Pre-match H2H

Gilles Simon #123 0 – 0 Nicolas Massu #61

Path

Gilles Simon's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Paolo Lorenzi #245	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 17, 2006	Q3
Todd Reid #417	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 17, 2006	Q2
Arvind Parmar #200	2-6 6-2 8-6	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 16, 2006	Q1

Gilles Simon's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Tomas Berdych #23	6-3 6-2 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 20, 2006	R64

Nicolas Massu's path

No prior matches in this tournament.