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Nicolas Mahut #169 def. Denis Kudla #63

6-7(2) 7-6(5) 6-0

Match Information

Date	Oct 29, 2018
Tournament	Paris Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	Q2
Winner	Nicolas Mahut
Score	6-7(2) 7-6(5) 6-0
Loser	Denis Kudla
Duration	1h 48m

Stat	Nicolas Mahut	Denis Kudla
Aces	12	20
Double faults	3	11
First serve %	58	58
First serve points won %	88	75
Second serve points won %	60	34
Break points saved %	50	50
Break points converted %	50	50
Service points won %	76	58
Return points won %	42	24
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Mahut	Denis Kudla
Country	FRA	USA
Birth date	Jan 21, 1982	Aug 17, 1992
Age	36	26
Height	191	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	169	63
Ranking points (entering)	324	845
Elo (entering)	1,698	1,810
Career W-L	179–224	71–131
Career earnings	$12,886,495	$4,712,965

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Mahut 0 – 0 Denis Kudla

Path

Nicolas Mahut's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 2018	Q1	Sam Querrey	3-6 7-6(1) 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Mahut's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 31, 2018	R64	Frances Tiafoe	6-7(1) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Denis Kudla's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 2018	Q1	Andreas Seppi	6-4 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data