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Julien Benneteau #39 def. Gilles Simon #14

6-4 7-6(2)

Match Information

Date	Feb 16, 2013*
Tournament	Rotterdam
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Julien Benneteau
Score	6-4 7-6(2)
Loser	Gilles Simon
Duration	1h 50m

Stat	Julien Benneteau	Gilles Simon
Aces	5	7
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	58	53
First serve points won %	82	67
Second serve points won %	67	50
Break points saved %	67	78
Break points converted %	22	33
Service points won %	75	59
Return points won %	41	25
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Julien Benneteau	Gilles Simon
Country	FRA	FRA
Birth date	Dec 20, 1981	Dec 27, 1984
Age	31	28
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	39	14
Ranking points (entering)	1,025	2,235
Elo (entering)	1,937	1,985
Career W-L	269–292	493–379
Career earnings	$9,556,742	$16,045,734

Pre-match H2H

Julien Benneteau 2 – 5 Gilles Simon

Path

Julien Benneteau's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 2013	QF	Roger Federer	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 2013	R16	Victor Hanescu	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 2013	R32	Tobias Kamke	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Julien Benneteau's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 2013	F	Juan Martin del Potro	6-7(2) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Gilles Simon's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 16, 2013	QF	Martin Klizan	6-7(6) 6-3 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 2013	R16	Matteo Viola	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 2013	R32	Daniel Brands	7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data