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Pierre-Hugues Herbert #67 def. Alex de Minaur #40

7-5 2-6 7-6(8)

Match Information

Date	Sep 29, 2018*
Tournament	Shenzhen
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Score	7-5 2-6 7-6(8)
Loser	Alex de Minaur
Duration	2h 34m

Stat	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	Alex de Minaur
Aces	9	5
Double faults	6	4
First serve %	61	63
First serve points won %	72	77
Second serve points won %	49	57
Break points saved %	50	67
Break points converted %	33	50
Service points won %	63	69
Return points won %	31	37
Total points won %	48	52

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Pierre-Hugues Herbert	Alex de Minaur
Country	FRA	AUS
Birth date	Mar 18, 1991	Feb 17, 1999
Age	27	19
Height	188	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	67	40
Ranking points (entering)	799	1,133
Elo (entering)	1,852	1,886
Career W-L	105–136	298–174
Career earnings	$10,502,494	$25,186,541

Pre-match H2H

Pierre-Hugues Herbert 0 – 1 Alex de Minaur

Path

Pierre-Hugues Herbert's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 2018	QF	Albert Ramos-Vinolas	6-7(6) 7-6(1) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 2018	R16	Stefanos Tsitsipas	6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 2018	R32	Dusan Lajovic	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Pierre-Hugues Herbert's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 30, 2018	F	Yoshihito Nishioka	5-7 6-2 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Alex de Minaur's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 29, 2018	QF	Damir Dzumhur	6-3 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 2018	R16	Mackenzie McDonald	1-6 7-6(1) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 2018	R32	Yuichi Sugita	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data