Andy Murray #2 def. Gilles Simon #32

6-4 6-3

Andy Murray defeated Gilles Simon 6-4 6-3 in the 2016 Shanghai Masters semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 15, 2016*
Tournament: Shanghai Masters
Edition: 2016
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 43m

Match Statistics

Stat	Andy Murray	Gilles Simon
Aces	6	1
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	62	68
First serve points won %	64	47
Second serve points won %	50	48
Break points saved %	43	50
Break points converted %	50	57
Service points won %	58	47
Return points won %	53	42
Total points won %	55	45

Player Comparison

Field	Andy Murray	Gilles Simon
Country	GBR	FRA
Birth date	May 15, 1987	Dec 27, 1984
Age	29	31
Height	191 cm	183 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	32
Ranking points (entering)	9,845	1,315
Elo (entering)	2,411	1,945
Current career W-L	715–265	499–383
Current career earnings	$64,687,542	$16,045,734

Pre-match H2H

Andy Murray #2 13 – 2 Gilles Simon #32

Path

Andy Murray's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
David Goffin #12	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 15, 2016	QF
Lucas Pouille #16	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 14, 2016	R16
Steve Johnson #24	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 12, 2016	R32

Andy Murray's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Roberto Bautista Agut #19	7-6(1) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 16, 2016	F

Gilles Simon's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jack Sock #25	4-6 6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 15, 2016	QF
Stan Wawrinka #3	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 14, 2016	R16
Di Wu #182	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 12, 2016	R32
Pablo Carreno Busta #35	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 2016	R64