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Juan Monaco #16 def. Michael Russell #136

5-7 6-1 6-4

Match Information

Date	Apr 14, 2012*
Tournament	Houston
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Juan Monaco
Score	5-7 6-1 6-4
Loser	Michael Russell
Duration	2h 25m

Stat	Juan Monaco	Michael Russell
Aces	3	0
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	63	66
First serve points won %	67	53
Second serve points won %	59	61
Break points saved %	25	45
Break points converted %	55	75
Service points won %	64	56
Return points won %	44	36
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Juan Monaco	Michael Russell
Country	ARG	USA
Birth date	Mar 29, 1984	May 1, 1978
Age	28	33
Height	185	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	16	136
Ranking points (entering)	1,810	404
Elo (entering)	1,983	1,782
Career W-L	319–256	77–149
Career earnings	$8,091,242	$2,452,569

Pre-match H2H

Juan Monaco 1 – 0 Michael Russell

Path

Juan Monaco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2012	QF	Kevin Anderson	7-6(4) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 2012	R16	Tatsuma Ito	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Monaco's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 15, 2012	F	John Isner	6-2 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Michael Russell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2012	QF	Ryan Harrison	6-1 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 2012	R16	Mardy Fish	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 12, 2012	R32	Daniel Gimeno-Traver	2-6 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 10, 2012	Q3	Daniel Kosakowski	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 9, 2012	Q2	Denes Lukacs	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data