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Gael Monfils #35 def. Fabrice Santoro #53

7-6(7) 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 13, 2006*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Gael Monfils
Score	7-6(7) 6-2
Loser	Fabrice Santoro
Duration	2h 1m

Stat	Gael Monfils	Fabrice Santoro
Aces	5	2
Double faults	5	1
First serve %	51	64
First serve points won %	75	47
Second serve points won %	26	33
Break points saved %	43	60
Break points converted %	40	57
Service points won %	51	42
Return points won %	58	49
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Gael Monfils	Fabrice Santoro
Country	FRA	FRA
Birth date	Sep 1, 1986	Dec 9, 1972
Age	19	33
Height	193	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	35	53
Ranking points (entering)	904	722
Elo (entering)	1,723	1,811
Career W-L	569–356	456–432
Career earnings	$25,007,032	$10,013,832

Pre-match H2H

Gael Monfils 0 – 1 Fabrice Santoro

Path

Gael Monfils's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2006	R32	Robby Ginepri	6-1 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2006	R64	Tommy Haas	6-2 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Gael Monfils's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2006	QF	Andy Roddick	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Fabrice Santoro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2006	R32	Dominik Hrbaty	7-6(2) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2006	R64	Juan Monaco	4-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data