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Nicolas Almagro #14 def. Steve Darcis #61

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 25, 2012*
Tournament	Nice
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Nicolas Almagro
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Steve Darcis
Duration	1h 23m

Stat	Nicolas Almagro	Steve Darcis
Aces	13	5
Double faults	3	0
First serve %	59	51
First serve points won %	91	70
Second serve points won %	59	50
Break points saved %	100	60
Break points converted %	40	0
Service points won %	78	60
Return points won %	40	22
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Almagro	Steve Darcis
Country	ESP	BEL
Birth date	Aug 21, 1985	Mar 13, 1984
Age	26	28
Height	183	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	14	61
Ranking points (entering)	2,095	735
Elo (entering)	2,003	1,775
Career W-L	385–272	92–122
Career earnings	$10,752,234	$3,445,948

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Almagro 3 – 0 Steve Darcis

Path

Nicolas Almagro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 24, 2012	R16	Edouard Roger-Vasselin	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Almagro's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 25, 2012	SF	Gilles Simon	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Steve Darcis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 24, 2012	R16	Filippo Volandri	3-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 23, 2012	R32	Fabio Fognini	7-6(3) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data