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Andy Murray #2 def. Gilles Simon #32

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 15, 2016*
Tournament	Shanghai Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Andy Murray
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Gilles Simon
Duration	1h 43m

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

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Andy Murray	Gilles Simon
Country	GBR	FRA
Birth date	May 15, 1987	Dec 27, 1984
Age	29	31
Height	191	183
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)	2,391	1,935
Career W-L	703–264	493–379
Career earnings	$64,687,542	$16,045,734

Pre-match H2H

Andy Murray 13 – 2 Gilles Simon

Path

Andy Murray's path

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

Andy Murray's next match

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

Gilles Simon's path

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