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Joao Sousa #77 def. Julien Benneteau #33

2-6 7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 29, 2013*
Tournament	Kuala Lumpur
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Joao Sousa
Score	2-6 7-5 6-4
Loser	Julien Benneteau
Duration	2h 18m

Stat	Joao Sousa	Julien Benneteau
Aces	4	4
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	59	65
First serve points won %	64	73
Second serve points won %	57	59
Break points saved %	75	67
Break points converted %	33	25
Service points won %	61	68
Return points won %	32	39
Total points won %	48	52

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Joao Sousa	Julien Benneteau
Country	POR	FRA
Birth date	Mar 30, 1989	Dec 20, 1981
Age	24	31
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	77	33
Ranking points (entering)	659	1,185
Elo (entering)	1,804	1,932
Career W-L	189–247	269–292
Career earnings	$8,340,548	$9,556,742

Pre-match H2H

Joao Sousa 0 – 0 Julien Benneteau

Path

Joao Sousa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 2013	SF	Jurgen Melzer	6-4 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 2013	QF	David Ferrer	6-2 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 2013	R16	Pablo Cuevas	4-6 7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 2013	R32	Ryan Harrison	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Joao Sousa's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Julien Benneteau's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 2013	SF	Stan Wawrinka	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 28, 2013	QF	Adrian Mannarino	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 2013	R16	Pablo Andujar	7-6(8) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 2013	R32	Michal Przysiezny	7-6(6) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data