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Kevin Anderson #36 def. Julien Benneteau #35

3-6 6-4 7-6(8)

Match Information

Date	Jan 12, 2013*
Tournament	Sydney
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Kevin Anderson
Score	3-6 6-4 7-6(8)
Loser	Julien Benneteau
Duration	2h 24m

Stat	Kevin Anderson	Julien Benneteau
Aces	18	8
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	59	64
First serve points won %	80	74
Second serve points won %	46	63
Break points saved %	70	78
Break points converted %	22	30
Service points won %	66	70
Return points won %	30	34
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Kevin Anderson	Julien Benneteau
Country	RSA	FRA
Birth date	May 18, 1986	Dec 20, 1981
Age	26	31
Height	203	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	36	35
Ranking points (entering)	1,065	1,075
Elo (entering)	1,895	1,893
Career W-L	347–251	269–292
Career earnings	$17,791,917	$9,556,742

Pre-match H2H

Kevin Anderson 0 – 2 Julien Benneteau

Path

Kevin Anderson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2013	QF	Denis Istomin	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 11, 2013	R16	Feliciano Lopez	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 2013	R32	Aljaz Bedene	6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Kevin Anderson's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 2013	F	Bernard Tomic	3-6 7-6(2) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Julien Benneteau's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 2013	QF	Ryan Harrison	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 11, 2013	R16	Radek Stepanek	RET	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 2013	R32	Pablo Andujar	6-3 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data