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Mikhail Youzhny #15 def. Jurgen Melzer #31

7-5 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Feb 27, 2010*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Mikhail Youzhny
Score	7-5 7-6(4)
Loser	Jurgen Melzer
Duration	2h 13m

Stat	Mikhail Youzhny	Jurgen Melzer
Aces	7	10
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	59	60
First serve points won %	84	82
Second serve points won %	56	50
Break points saved %	100	80
Break points converted %	20	0
Service points won %	72	69
Return points won %	31	28
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mikhail Youzhny	Jurgen Melzer
Country	RUS	AUT
Birth date	Jun 25, 1982	May 22, 1981
Age	27	28
Height	183	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	15	31
Ranking points (entering)	1,975	1,270
Elo (entering)	1,985	1,932
Career W-L	477–405	326–303
Career earnings	$14,264,450	$10,739,212

Pre-match H2H

Mikhail Youzhny 3 – 2 Jurgen Melzer

Path

Mikhail Youzhny's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 2010	QF	Janko Tipsarevic	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 25, 2010	R16	Bjorn Phau	7-6(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 24, 2010	R32	Lukas Lacko	6-7(3) 7-6(5) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Mikhail Youzhny's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 2010	F	Novak Djokovic	5-7 7-5 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jurgen Melzer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 2010	QF	Marin Cilic	7-6(8) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 25, 2010	R16	Tommy Robredo	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 24, 2010	R32	Simone Bolelli	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data