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Nicolas Almagro #77 def. Gilles Simon #86

6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Apr 16, 2006*
Tournament	Valencia
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Nicolas Almagro
Score	6-2 6-3
Loser	Gilles Simon
Duration	1h 19m

Stat	Nicolas Almagro	Gilles Simon
Aces	7	2
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	65	39
First serve points won %	74	56
Second serve points won %	52	46
Break points saved %	100	60
Break points converted %	40	0
Service points won %	67	50
Return points won %	50	33
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Almagro	Gilles Simon
Country	ESP	FRA
Birth date	Aug 21, 1985	Dec 27, 1984
Age	20	21
Height	183	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	77	86
Ranking points (entering)	497	455
Elo (entering)	1,678	1,720
Career W-L	385–272	493–379
Career earnings	$10,752,234	$16,045,734

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Almagro 0 – 0 Gilles Simon

Path

Nicolas Almagro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 15, 2006	SF	Marat Safin	6-2 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 15, 2006	QF	Filippo Volandri	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 14, 2006	R16	Bjorn Phau	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 13, 2006	R32	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6-7(3) 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Almagro's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Gilles Simon's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 15, 2006	SF	Fernando Verdasco	6-2 7-6(5)	W	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