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Bjorn Phau #118 def. Flavio Cipolla #138

6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 9, 2009*
Tournament	Chennai
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Bjorn Phau
Score	6-1 6-2
Loser	Flavio Cipolla
Duration	49m

Stat	Bjorn Phau	Flavio Cipolla
Aces	5	0
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	59	81
First serve points won %	79	50
Second serve points won %	76	43
Break points saved %	—	33
Break points converted %	67	—
Service points won %	78	49
Return points won %	51	22
Total points won %	65	35

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bjorn Phau	Flavio Cipolla
Country	GER	ITA
Birth date	Oct 4, 1979	Oct 20, 1983
Age	29	25
Height	175	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	118	138
Ranking points (entering)	850	632
Elo (entering)	1,673	1,657
Career W-L	80–138	35–66
Career earnings	$2,189,473	$1,632,927

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Phau 0 – 0 Flavio Cipolla

Path

Bjorn Phau's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 2009	R32	Santiago Ventura	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Bjorn Phau's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 2009	QF	Rainer Schuettler	2-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Flavio Cipolla's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 2009	R32	Stan Wawrinka	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2009	Q3	Alexander Satschko	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 2009	Q2	Yuichi Sugita	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 2009	Q1	Navdeep Singh	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data