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Fernando Gonzalez #11 def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga #7

3-6 6-3 7-6(3) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 8, 2009*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Fernando Gonzalez
Score	3-6 6-3 7-6(3) 6-4
Loser	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Duration	2h 41m

Stat	Fernando Gonzalez	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Aces	8	15
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	63	63
First serve points won %	79	80
Second serve points won %	58	45
Break points saved %	93	71
Break points converted %	29	7
Service points won %	71	67
Return points won %	33	29
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Fernando Gonzalez	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Country	CHI	FRA
Birth date	Jul 29, 1980	Apr 17, 1985
Age	29	24
Height	183	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	11	7
Ranking points (entering)	2,825	3,920
Elo (entering)	2,029	1,985
Career W-L	330–192	445–228
Career earnings	$8,862,276	$22,524,073

Pre-match H2H

Fernando Gonzalez 0 – 0 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Path

Fernando Gonzalez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2009	R32	Tomas Berdych	7-5 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2009	R64	Josselin Ouanna	6-4 6-7(5) 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2009	R128	Nicolas Massu	6-3 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Gonzalez's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 2009	QF	Rafael Nadal	6-7(4) 6-7(2) 0-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2009	R32	Julien Benneteau	7-6(4) 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2009	R64	Jarkko Nieminen	7-5 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2009	R128	Chase Buchanan	6-0 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data