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Gael Monfils #36 def. Sebastien Grosjean #31

6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	Oct 29, 2005*
Tournament	Lyon
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Gael Monfils
Score	6-4 7-5
Loser	Sebastien Grosjean
Duration	1h 36m

Stat	Gael Monfils	Sebastien Grosjean
Aces	5	0
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	52	50
First serve points won %	77	81
Second serve points won %	56	44
Break points saved %	75	62
Break points converted %	38	25
Service points won %	67	62
Return points won %	38	33
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gael Monfils	Sebastien Grosjean
Country	FRA	FRA
Birth date	Sep 1, 1986	May 29, 1978
Age	19	27
Height	193	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	36	31
Ranking points (entering)	889	1,035
Elo (entering)	1,737	1,885
Career W-L	569–356	320–236
Career earnings	$25,007,032	$8,131,803

Pre-match H2H

Gael Monfils 0 – 0 Sebastien Grosjean

Path

Gael Monfils's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 2005	QF	Marc Gicquel	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 2005	R16	Gaston Gaudio	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 2005	R32	Jan Hernych	6-4 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Gael Monfils's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 30, 2005	F	Andy Roddick	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Sebastien Grosjean's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 2005	QF	Olivier Rochus	6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 2005	R16	Tommy Robredo	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 2005	R32	Victor Hanescu	4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data