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Rainer Schuettler #6 def. Xavier Malisse #60

7-6(2) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 11, 2003*
Tournament	Lyon
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	QF
Winner	Rainer Schuettler
Score	7-6(2) 6-4
Loser	Xavier Malisse
Duration	1h 35m

Stat	Rainer Schuettler	Xavier Malisse
Aces	4	1
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	57	61
First serve points won %	66	59
Second serve points won %	73	50
Break points saved %	25	60
Break points converted %	40	75
Service points won %	69	55
Return points won %	45	31
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rainer Schuettler	Xavier Malisse
Country	GER	BEL
Birth date	—	Jul 19, 1980
Age	—	23
Height	180	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	60
Ranking points (entering)	2,685	640
Elo (entering)	1,955	1,804
Career W-L	313–323	282–265
Career earnings	$7,407,508	$5,702,871

Pre-match H2H

Rainer Schuettler 2 – 1 Xavier Malisse

Path

Rainer Schuettler's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 2003	R16	Ivan Ljubicic	4-6 7-6(2) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 2003	R32	Paul-Henri Mathieu	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rainer Schuettler's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 2003	SF	Mikhail Youzhny	6-3 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Xavier Malisse's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 2003	R16	Thomas Enqvist	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 2003	R32	Andrei Pavel	5-7 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data