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Taylor Dent #45 def. Paul-Henri Mathieu #47

6-3 2-6 7-6(1)

Match Information

Date	Oct 4, 2003*
Tournament	Moscow
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Taylor Dent
Score	6-3 2-6 7-6(1)
Loser	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Duration	2h 5m

Stat	Taylor Dent	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Aces	17	4
Double faults	8	4
First serve %	54	43
First serve points won %	84	68
Second serve points won %	45	60
Break points saved %	50	50
Break points converted %	50	50
Service points won %	66	63
Return points won %	37	34
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Taylor Dent	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Country	USA	FRA
Birth date	Apr 24, 1981	Jan 12, 1982
Age	22	21
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	45	47
Ranking points (entering)	823	811
Elo (entering)	1,868	1,728
Career W-L	148–138	268–297
Career earnings	$2,563,378	$6,299,093

Pre-match H2H

Taylor Dent 0 – 0 Paul-Henri Mathieu

Path

Taylor Dent's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 2003	QF	Marc Rosset	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 3, 2003	R16	Olivier Rochus	6-4 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 2003	R32	Felix Mantilla	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Taylor Dent's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 5, 2003	F	Sargis Sargsian	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Paul-Henri Mathieu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 2003	QF	Igor Andreev	2-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 3, 2003	R16	Tuomas Ketola	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 2003	R32	Feliciano Lopez	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data