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Gilles Simon #86 def. Fernando Verdasco #34

6-2 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Apr 15, 2006*
Tournament	Valencia
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Gilles Simon
Score	6-2 7-6(5)
Loser	Fernando Verdasco
Duration	1h 39m

Stat	Gilles Simon	Fernando Verdasco
Aces	5	1
Double faults	1	6
First serve %	63	65
First serve points won %	73	62
Second serve points won %	50	36
Break points saved %	50	60
Break points converted %	40	50
Service points won %	65	53
Return points won %	47	35
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gilles Simon	Fernando Verdasco
Country	FRA	ESP
Birth date	Dec 27, 1984	Nov 15, 1983
Age	21	22
Height	183	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	86	34
Ranking points (entering)	455	905
Elo (entering)	1,701	1,771
Career W-L	493–379	549–441
Career earnings	$16,045,734	$18,368,908

Pre-match H2H

Gilles Simon 0 – 0 Fernando Verdasco

Path

Gilles Simon's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 15, 2006	QF	Andreas Seppi	7-6(2) 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2006	R16	Davide Sanguinetti	3-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 2006	R32	Robin Vik	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Gilles Simon's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 16, 2006	F	Nicolas Almagro	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 15, 2006	QF	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez	6-7(2) 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2006	R16	Potito Starace	6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 2006	R32	Alberto Martin	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data