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Andy Murray #4 def. Gilles Simon #16

6-4 7-6(6)

Match Information

Date	Oct 19, 2008*
Tournament	Madrid Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Andy Murray
Score	6-4 7-6(6)
Loser	Gilles Simon
Duration	1h 35m

Stat	Andy Murray	Gilles Simon
Aces	11	1
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	67	55
First serve points won %	84	71
Second serve points won %	50	56
Break points saved %	—	75
Break points converted %	25	—
Service points won %	73	64
Return points won %	36	27
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Andy Murray	Gilles Simon
Country	GBR	FRA
Birth date	May 15, 1987	Dec 27, 1984
Age	21	23
Height	191	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	16
Ranking points (entering)	2,995	1,390
Elo (entering)	2,184	1,972
Career W-L	703–264	493–379
Career earnings	$64,687,542	$16,045,734

Pre-match H2H

Andy Murray 1 – 1 Gilles Simon

Path

Andy Murray's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 2008	SF	Roger Federer	3-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 2008	QF	Gael Monfils	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 2008	R16	Marin Cilic	7-5 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 15, 2008	R32	Simone Bolelli	6-0 2-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Andy Murray'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
Oct 18, 2008	SF	Rafael Nadal	3-6 7-5 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 2008	QF	Ivo Karlovic	7-6(1) 4-6 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 2008	R16	Robby Ginepri	6-7(6) 6-4 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 15, 2008	R32	James Blake	3-6 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 14, 2008	R64	Igor Andreev	4-6 6-1 7-6(7)	W	H2H	Match data