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Alexander Popp #115 def. Nicolas Mahut #109

7-6(2) 5-7 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 3, 2003*
Tournament	Metz
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Alexander Popp
Score	7-6(2) 5-7 6-4
Loser	Nicolas Mahut
Duration	2h 32m

Stat	Alexander Popp	Nicolas Mahut
Aces	8	12
Double faults	6	4
First serve %	66	75
First serve points won %	67	72
Second serve points won %	48	38
Break points saved %	67	67
Break points converted %	33	33
Service points won %	61	63
Return points won %	37	39
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alexander Popp	Nicolas Mahut
Country	GER	FRA
Birth date	Nov 4, 1976	Jan 21, 1982
Age	26	21
Height	201	191
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	115	109
Ranking points (entering)	343	355
Elo (entering)	1,650	1,504
Career W-L	45–65	179–224
Career earnings	$976,038	$12,886,495

Pre-match H2H

Alexander Popp 0 – 0 Nicolas Mahut

Path

Alexander Popp's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 2003	R32	Fernando Vicente	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Alexander Popp's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 2003	QF	Fabrice Santoro	6-2 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Mahut's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 2003	R32	Younes El Aynaoui	7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data