SF Japan Open 2003

Sebastien Grosjean #10 def. Paradorn Srichaphan #11

4-6 6-3 6-4

Sebastien Grosjean defeated Paradorn Srichaphan 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the 2003 Japan Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 4, 2003*
Tournament: Japan Open
Edition: 2003
Category: ATP International Series Gold → modern equivalent ATP 500
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 2h 2m

Match Statistics

Stat	Sebastien Grosjean	Paradorn Srichaphan
Aces	7	8
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	49.0%	62.0%
First serve points won %	80.0%	81.0%
Second serve points won %	58.0%	48.0%
Break points saved %	86.0%	71.0%
Break points converted %	29.0%	14.0%
Service points won %	69.0%	69.0%
Return points won %	31.0%	31.0%
Total points won %	53.0%	47.0%

Player Comparison

Field	Sebastien Grosjean	Paradorn Srichaphan
Country	FRA	THA
Birth date	May 29, 1978	Jun 14, 1979
Age	25	24
Height	175 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	10	11
Ranking points (entering)	1,850	1,845
Elo (entering)	1,843	1,862
Current career W-L	323–237	220–184
Current career earnings	$8,131,803	$3,459,655

Pre-match H2H

Sebastien Grosjean #10 0 – 1 Paradorn Srichaphan #11

Path

Sebastien Grosjean's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jan-Michael Gambill #62	6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 4, 2003	QF
Dennis van Scheppingen #141	6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 3, 2003	R16
Ivo Karlovic #76	6-3 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 2, 2003	R32

Sebastien Grosjean's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Rainer Schuettler #8	6-7(5) 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 5, 2003	F

Paradorn Srichaphan's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Hyung-Taik Lee #59	4-6 7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 4, 2003	QF
Takao Suzuki #204	6-2 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 3, 2003	R16
Dick Norman #123	4-6 7-6(3) 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 2, 2003	R32