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Matthew Ebden #124 def. Gilles Simon #12

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

Match Information

Date	Oct 14, 2011*
Tournament	Shanghai Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Matthew Ebden
Score	6-2 2-6 7-6(8)
Loser	Gilles Simon
Duration	2h 8m

Stat	Matthew Ebden	Gilles Simon
Aces	7	14
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	59	54
First serve points won %	72	71
Second serve points won %	51	53
Break points saved %	67	67
Break points converted %	33	33
Service points won %	64	63
Return points won %	37	36
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Matthew Ebden	Gilles Simon
Country	AUS	FRA
Birth date	Nov 26, 1987	Dec 27, 1984
Age	23	26
Height	188	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	124	12
Ranking points (entering)	465	2,255
Elo (entering)	1,737	1,996
Career W-L	75–129	493–379
Career earnings	$6,770,988	$16,045,734

Pre-match H2H

Matthew Ebden 0 – 0 Gilles Simon

Path

Matthew Ebden's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 2011	R32	Ryan Harrison	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 2011	R64	Pablo Andujar	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 2011	Q2	Philipp Petzschner	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 2011	Q1	Florent Serra	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Matthew Ebden's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 15, 2011	QF	Andy Murray	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Gilles Simon's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 2011	R32	Albert Montanes	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data