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Nicolas Mahut #127 def. Michael Russell #95

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jul 13, 2013*
Tournament	Newport
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Nicolas Mahut
Score	6-2 6-2
Loser	Michael Russell
Duration	1h 3m

Stat	Nicolas Mahut	Michael Russell
Aces	6	1
Double faults	3	1
First serve %	43	64
First serve points won %	91	67
Second serve points won %	52	27
Break points saved %	—	20
Break points converted %	80	—
Service points won %	69	52
Return points won %	48	31
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Mahut	Michael Russell
Country	FRA	USA
Birth date	Jan 21, 1982	May 1, 1978
Age	31	35
Height	191	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	127	95
Ranking points (entering)	460	577
Elo (entering)	1,837	1,685
Career W-L	179–224	77–149
Career earnings	$12,886,495	$2,452,569

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Mahut 0 – 1 Michael Russell

Path

Nicolas Mahut's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 13, 2013	QF	Michal Przysiezny	7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 12, 2013	R16	Tim Smyczek	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 11, 2013	R32	Rhyne Williams	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Mahut's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 14, 2013	F	Lleyton Hewitt	5-7 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Michael Russell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 13, 2013	QF	Igor Sijsling	7-6(3) 6-7(6) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 12, 2013	R16	Alex Kuznetsov	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 11, 2013	R32	Illya Marchenko	6-1 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data