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David Ferrer #13 def. Simon Greul #118

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Feb 6, 2009*
Tournament	Johannesburg
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	David Ferrer
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Simon Greul
Duration	1h 10m

Stat	David Ferrer	Simon Greul
Aces	3	1
Double faults	2	8
First serve %	64	46
First serve points won %	79	66
Second serve points won %	75	43
Break points saved %	67	64
Break points converted %	36	33
Service points won %	77	54
Return points won %	46	23
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	David Ferrer	Simon Greul
Country	ESP	GER
Birth date	Apr 2, 1982	Apr 13, 1981
Age	26	27
Height	175	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	13	118
Ranking points (entering)	2,980	788
Elo (entering)	1,876	1,533
Career W-L	700–368	43–73
Career earnings	$31,483,911	$1,320,952

Pre-match H2H

David Ferrer 0 – 0 Simon Greul

Path

David Ferrer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 5, 2009	R32	Dudi Sela	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

David Ferrer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 7, 2009	QF	Marcos Baghdatis	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Simon Greul's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 5, 2009	R32	Victor Crivoi	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data