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Fernando Gonzalez #17 def. Julien Varlet #160

6-2 3-6 4-6 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 15, 2003*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R128
Winner	Fernando Gonzalez
Score	6-2 3-6 4-6 6-3 6-4
Loser	Julien Varlet
Duration	2h 57m

Stat	Fernando Gonzalez	Julien Varlet
Aces	13	5
Double faults	12	3
First serve %	57	74
First serve points won %	74	63
Second serve points won %	52	61
Break points saved %	57	58
Break points converted %	42	43
Service points won %	65	63
Return points won %	37	35
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Fernando Gonzalez	Julien Varlet
Country	CHI	FRA
Birth date	Jul 29, 1980	Sep 8, 1977
Age	22	25
Height	183	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	17	160
Ranking points (entering)	1,636	233
Elo (entering)	1,846	1,565
Career W-L	330–192	3–8
Career earnings	$8,862,276	$188,412

Pre-match H2H

Fernando Gonzalez 0 – 0 Julien Varlet

Path

Fernando Gonzalez's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Fernando Gonzalez's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2003	R64	Alberto Martin	7-6(5) 3-6 1-6 6-7(4)	L	H2H	Match data

Julien Varlet's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2003	Q3	Simon Greul	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 2003	Q2	Robert Kendrick	7-5 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 2003	Q1	Takahiro Terachi	6-2 5-7 10-8	W	H2H	Match data