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Gael Monfils #25 def. Andrey Kuznetsov #74

7-5 3-6 6-3 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Jan 26, 2016*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Gael Monfils
Score	7-5 3-6 6-3 7-6(4)
Loser	Andrey Kuznetsov
Duration	2h 37m

Stat	Gael Monfils	Andrey Kuznetsov
Aces	14	0
Double faults	4	6
First serve %	62	59
First serve points won %	81	74
Second serve points won %	63	47
Break points saved %	0	57
Break points converted %	43	100
Service points won %	74	63
Return points won %	37	26
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gael Monfils	Andrey Kuznetsov
Country	FRA	RUS
Birth date	Sep 1, 1986	Feb 22, 1991
Age	29	24
Height	193	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	25	74
Ranking points (entering)	1,485	693
Elo (entering)	1,984	1,880
Career W-L	569–356	72–100
Career earnings	$25,007,032	$3,055,162

Pre-match H2H

Gael Monfils 3 – 0 Andrey Kuznetsov

Path

Gael Monfils's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2016	R32	Stephane Robert	7-5 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2016	R64	Nicolas Mahut	7-5 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2016	R128	Yuichi Sugita	6-1 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Gael Monfils's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2016	QF	Milos Raonic	3-6 6-3 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Andrey Kuznetsov's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2016	R32	Dudi Sela	7-5 3-6 6-1 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2016	R64	Jeremy Chardy	6-4 7-6(5) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2016	R128	Ryan Harrison	7-5 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data