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Hicham Arazi #79 def. Paul-Henri Mathieu #54

6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Aug 14, 2003*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Hicham Arazi
Score	6-2 6-1
Loser	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Duration	58m

Stat	Hicham Arazi	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Aces	4	1
Double faults	0	5
First serve %	58	27
First serve points won %	82	58
Second serve points won %	62	31
Break points saved %	50	14
Break points converted %	86	50
Service points won %	74	39
Return points won %	61	26
Total points won %	67	33

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Hicham Arazi	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Country	MAR	FRA
Birth date	Oct 19, 1973	Jan 12, 1982
Age	29	21
Height	175	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	79	54
Ranking points (entering)	496	680
Elo (entering)	1,677	1,696
Career W-L	202–213	268–297
Career earnings	$3,602,644	$6,299,093

Pre-match H2H

Hicham Arazi 1 – 0 Paul-Henri Mathieu

Path

Hicham Arazi's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 2003	R64	Michael Chang	4-6 7-6(7) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Hicham Arazi's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 2003	R16	Max Mirnyi	4-6 7-6(7) 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Paul-Henri Mathieu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 2003	R64	Tommy Robredo	6-4 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data