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Taylor Dent #32 def. Cyril Saulnier #50

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

Match Information

Date	Mar 9, 2005*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Taylor Dent
Score	1-6 7-6(1) 6-2
Loser	Cyril Saulnier
Duration	1h 55m

Stat	Taylor Dent	Cyril Saulnier
Aces	15	2
Double faults	4	2
First serve %	55	50
First serve points won %	82	68
Second serve points won %	58	54
Break points saved %	60	0
Break points converted %	100	40
Service points won %	71	61
Return points won %	39	29
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Taylor Dent	Cyril Saulnier
Country	USA	FRA
Birth date	Apr 24, 1981	Aug 16, 1975
Age	23	29
Height	188	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	32	50
Ranking points (entering)	1,025	779
Elo (entering)	1,783	1,790
Career W-L	148–138	75–111
Career earnings	$2,563,378	$1,391,494

Pre-match H2H

Taylor Dent 0 – 0 Cyril Saulnier

Path

Taylor Dent's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Taylor Dent's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 2005	R32	Marat Safin	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Cyril Saulnier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 2005	R128	Victor Hanescu	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data