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Sebastien Grosjean #28 def. Paul-Henri Mathieu #48

7-5 6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 25, 2006*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Sebastien Grosjean
Score	7-5 6-2 6-2
Loser	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Duration	2h 7m

Stat	Sebastien Grosjean	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Aces	12	3
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	43	49
First serve points won %	94	52
Second serve points won %	46	47
Break points saved %	25	43
Break points converted %	57	75
Service points won %	67	49
Return points won %	51	33
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Sebastien Grosjean	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Country	FRA	FRA
Birth date	May 29, 1978	Jan 12, 1982
Age	27	24
Height	175	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	28	48
Ranking points (entering)	1,080	713
Elo (entering)	1,856	1,754
Career W-L	320–236	268–297
Career earnings	$8,131,803	$6,299,093

Pre-match H2H

Sebastien Grosjean 0 – 0 Paul-Henri Mathieu

Path

Sebastien Grosjean's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2006	R32	Guillermo Coria	6-2 6-2 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2006	R64	Juan Monaco	6-4 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2006	R128	Mark Philippoussis	6-4 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Sebastien Grosjean's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2006	QF	Nicolas Kiefer	3-6 6-0 4-6 7-6(1) 6-8	L	H2H	Match data

Paul-Henri Mathieu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2006	R32	Luis Horna	7-6(2) 7-6(7) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2006	R64	Alex Bogomolov Jr	6-0 7-6(5) 6-2	W	—	Match data
Jan 18, 2006	R128	Arnaud Clement	6-3 7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data