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Robin Soderling #5 def. Gilles Simon #18

6-2 6-3 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	May 31, 2011*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Robin Soderling
Score	6-2 6-3 7-6(5)
Loser	Gilles Simon
Duration	2h 16m

Stat	Robin Soderling	Gilles Simon
Aces	4	6
Double faults	5	4
First serve %	55	59
First serve points won %	76	68
Second serve points won %	56	49
Break points saved %	86	38
Break points converted %	62	14
Service points won %	67	60
Return points won %	40	33
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Robin Soderling	Gilles Simon
Country	SWE	FRA
Birth date	Aug 14, 1984	Dec 27, 1984
Age	26	26
Height	193	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	18
Ranking points (entering)	5,435	1,565
Elo (entering)	2,122	1,971
Career W-L	285–166	493–379
Career earnings	$10,423,124	$16,045,734

Pre-match H2H

Robin Soderling 5 – 2 Gilles Simon

Path

Robin Soderling's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2011	R32	Leonardo Mayer	6-1 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 2011	R64	Albert Ramos-Vinolas	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 24, 2011	R128	Ryan Harrison	6-1 6-7(5) 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Robin Soderling's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2011	QF	Rafael Nadal	4-6 1-6 6-7(3)	L	H2H	Match data

Gilles Simon's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2011	R32	Mardy Fish	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 2011	R64	Jeremy Chardy	4-6 6-4 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 24, 2011	R128	Michael Russell	6-3 4-6 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data