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Denis Istomin #61 def. Julien Benneteau #34

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

Match Information

Date	Feb 18, 2012*
Tournament	San Jose
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Denis Istomin
Score	6-3 6-7(4) 6-3
Loser	Julien Benneteau
Duration	2h 20m

Stat	Denis Istomin	Julien Benneteau
Aces	7	10
Double faults	0	5
First serve %	66	69
First serve points won %	74	74
Second serve points won %	58	41
Break points saved %	80	40
Break points converted %	60	20
Service points won %	69	64
Return points won %	36	31
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Denis Istomin	Julien Benneteau
Country	UZB	FRA
Birth date	Sep 7, 1986	Dec 20, 1981
Age	25	30
Height	188	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	61	34
Ranking points (entering)	767	1,120
Elo (entering)	1,817	1,934
Career W-L	191–245	269–292
Career earnings	$6,339,469	$9,556,742

Pre-match H2H

Denis Istomin 0 – 2 Julien Benneteau

Path

Denis Istomin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 2012	QF	Andy Roddick	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 2012	R16	Michael Russell	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 2012	R32	Sam Querrey	5-7 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Denis Istomin's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 2012	F	Milos Raonic	6-7(3) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Julien Benneteau's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 18, 2012	QF	Steve Darcis	3-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 2012	R16	Gilles Muller	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 2012	R32	Ryan Sweeting	7-6(3) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data