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Younes El Aynaoui #22 def. Fabrice Santoro #35

3-6 6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 4, 2003*
Tournament	Doha
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Younes El Aynaoui
Score	3-6 6-3 6-3
Loser	Fabrice Santoro
Duration	2h 3m

Stat	Younes El Aynaoui	Fabrice Santoro
Aces	7	0
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	66	60
First serve points won %	69	55
Second serve points won %	36	50
Break points saved %	64	60
Break points converted %	40	36
Service points won %	57	53
Return points won %	47	43
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Younes El Aynaoui	Fabrice Santoro
Country	MAR	FRA
Birth date	Sep 12, 1971	Dec 9, 1972
Age	31	30
Height	193	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	22	35
Ranking points (entering)	1,435	955
Elo (entering)	1,795	1,762
Career W-L	243–219	456–432
Career earnings	$4,044,667	$10,013,832

Pre-match H2H

Younes El Aynaoui 2 – 3 Fabrice Santoro

Path

Younes El Aynaoui's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 3, 2003	R16	Hicham Arazi	6-4 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 2, 2003	R32	Julien Boutter	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Younes El Aynaoui's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 2003	SF	Stefan Koubek	6-7(1) 6-7(5)	L	H2H	Match data

Fabrice Santoro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 3, 2003	R16	Christophe Rochus	7-5 6-7(8) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 2, 2003	R32	Felix Mantilla	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data