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Juan Martin del Potro #17 def. Gilles Simon #16

6-4 6-7(4) 6-1 3-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 31, 2008*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Juan Martin del Potro
Score	6-4 6-7(4) 6-1 3-6 6-3
Loser	Gilles Simon
Duration	3h 45m

Stat	Juan Martin del Potro	Gilles Simon
Aces	10	16
Double faults	7	5
First serve %	62	50
First serve points won %	76	74
Second serve points won %	57	50
Break points saved %	60	64
Break points converted %	36	40
Service points won %	69	62
Return points won %	38	31
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Juan Martin del Potro	Gilles Simon
Country	ARG	FRA
Birth date	Sep 23, 1988	Dec 27, 1984
Age	19	23
Height	198	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	17	16
Ranking points (entering)	1,343	1,350
Elo (entering)	1,979	1,916
Career W-L	416–172	493–379
Career earnings	$25,896,046	$16,045,734

Pre-match H2H

Juan Martin del Potro 0 – 1 Gilles Simon

Path

Juan Martin del Potro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2008	R64	Thomaz Bellucci	4-6 6-1 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2008	R128	Guillermo Canas	4-6 7-6(0) 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Martin del Potro's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2008	R16	Kei Nishikori	6-3 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Gilles Simon's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 28, 2008	R64	Jose Acasuso	6-4 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2008	R128	Marcel Granollers	6-4 6-3 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data