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Fernando Verdasco #15 def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga #7

7-6(2) 3-6 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 29, 2009*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Fernando Verdasco
Score	7-6(2) 3-6 6-3 6-2
Loser	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Duration	2h 44m

Stat	Fernando Verdasco	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Aces	7	9
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	77	65
First serve points won %	69	72
Second serve points won %	60	49
Break points saved %	85	0
Break points converted %	100	15
Service points won %	67	64
Return points won %	36	33
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Fernando Verdasco	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Country	ESP	FRA
Birth date	Nov 15, 1983	Apr 17, 1985
Age	25	23
Height	188	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	15	7
Ranking points (entering)	2,830	3,995
Elo (entering)	1,979	2,018
Career W-L	549–441	445–228
Career earnings	$18,368,908	$22,524,073

Pre-match H2H

Fernando Verdasco 0 – 0 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Path

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2009	R16	Andy Murray	2-6 6-1 1-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2009	R32	Radek Stepanek	6-4 6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2009	R64	Arnaud Clement	6-1 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2009	R128	Adrian Mannarino	6-0 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Verdasco's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 31, 2009	SF	Rafael Nadal	7-6(4) 4-6 6-7(2) 7-6(1) 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2009	R16	James Blake	6-4 6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2009	R32	Dudi Sela	6-4 6-2 1-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2009	R64	Ivan Ljubicic	6-7(4) 7-6(8) 7-6(7) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2009	R128	Juan Monaco	6-4 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data