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Gilles Muller #130 def. Nikolay Davydenko #5

6-4 4-6 6-3 7-6(10)

Match Information

Date	Sep 2, 2008*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Gilles Muller
Score	6-4 4-6 6-3 7-6(10)
Loser	Nikolay Davydenko
Duration	3h 7m

Stat	Gilles Muller	Nikolay Davydenko
Aces	22	5
Double faults	5	5
First serve %	59	75
First serve points won %	85	68
Second serve points won %	45	65
Break points saved %	87	50
Break points converted %	50	13
Service points won %	68	67
Return points won %	33	32
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gilles Muller	Nikolay Davydenko
Country	LUX	RUS
Birth date	May 9, 1983	Jun 2, 1981
Age	25	27
Height	193	178
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	130	5
Ranking points (entering)	371	2,700
Elo (entering)	1,667	1,983
Career W-L	200–199	467–324
Career earnings	$5,991,874	$16,186,480

Pre-match H2H

Gilles Muller 0 – 2 Nikolay Davydenko

Path

Gilles Muller's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2008	R32	Nicolas Almagro	6-7(3) 3-6 7-6(5) 7-6(6) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2008	R64	Tommy Haas	2-6 2-6 7-6(5) 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2008	R128	Laurent Recouderc	6-4 6-0 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 26, 2008	Q3	Tobias Kamke	6-3 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 26, 2008	Q2	Adrian Mannarino	7-6(2) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 25, 2008	Q1	Lamine Ouahab	6-7(9) 7-6(6) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Gilles Muller's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2008	QF	Roger Federer	6-7(5) 4-6 6-7(5)	L	H2H	Match data

Nikolay Davydenko's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2008	R32	Dmitry Tursunov	6-2 7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2008	R64	Agustin Calleri	6-4 6-4 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2008	R128	Dudi Sela	6-3 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data