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Julien Benneteau #88 def. Juan Ignacio Chela #31

6-4 4-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 8, 2006*
Tournament	Indian Wells Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Julien Benneteau
Score	6-4 4-6 6-3
Loser	Juan Ignacio Chela
Duration	2h 2m

Stat	Julien Benneteau	Juan Ignacio Chela
Aces	3	4
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	64	64
First serve points won %	69	68
Second serve points won %	61	55
Break points saved %	50	57
Break points converted %	43	50
Service points won %	66	63
Return points won %	37	34
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Julien Benneteau	Juan Ignacio Chela
Country	FRA	ARG
Birth date	Dec 20, 1981	Aug 30, 1979
Age	24	26
Height	185	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	88	31
Ranking points (entering)	459	955
Elo (entering)	1,697	1,739
Career W-L	269–292	306–268
Career earnings	$9,556,742	$6,572,494

Pre-match H2H

Julien Benneteau 0 – 0 Juan Ignacio Chela

Path

Julien Benneteau's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 7, 2006	R128	Novak Djokovic	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Julien Benneteau's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 9, 2006	R32	David Nalbandian	4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Juan Ignacio Chela's path

No prior matches in this tournament.