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Florent Serra #49 def. Xavier Malisse #47

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 8, 2006*
Tournament	Adelaide
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Florent Serra
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Xavier Malisse
Duration	1h 11m

Stat	Florent Serra	Xavier Malisse
Aces	7	12
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	65	64
First serve points won %	73	63
Second serve points won %	64	48
Break points saved %	100	60
Break points converted %	40	0
Service points won %	70	58
Return points won %	42	30
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Florent Serra	Xavier Malisse
Country	FRA	BEL
Birth date	Feb 28, 1981	Jul 19, 1980
Age	24	25
Height	180	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	49	47
Ranking points (entering)	712	731
Elo (entering)	1,735	1,798
Career W-L	123–170	282–265
Career earnings	$2,969,796	$5,702,871

Pre-match H2H

Florent Serra 0 – 0 Xavier Malisse

Path

Florent Serra's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2006	SF	Dominik Hrbaty	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2006	QF	Jarkko Nieminen	6-4 6-7(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2006	R16	Tommy Robredo	7-6(4) 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 2006	R32	Michael Llodra	3-6 3-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Florent Serra's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Xavier Malisse's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2006	SF	Tomas Berdych	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2006	QF	Andreas Seppi	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 2006	R16	Mario Ancic	3-6 6-3 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 5, 2006	R32	Peter Luczak	7-6(11) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data