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Wesley Moodie #129 def. Taylor Dent #29

6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jul 8, 2005*
Tournament	Newport
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	Wesley Moodie
Score	6-4 6-1
Loser	Taylor Dent
Duration	1h 7m

Stat	Wesley Moodie	Taylor Dent
Aces	10	6
Double faults	3	15
First serve %	67	47
First serve points won %	69	68
Second serve points won %	61	40
Break points saved %	100	50
Break points converted %	50	0
Service points won %	67	53
Return points won %	47	33
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Wesley Moodie	Taylor Dent
Country	RSA	USA
Birth date	Feb 14, 1979	Apr 24, 1981
Age	26	24
Height	196	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	129	29
Ranking points (entering)	338	1,170
Elo (entering)	1,566	1,858
Career W-L	47–65	148–138
Career earnings	$2,455,112	$2,563,378

Pre-match H2H

Wesley Moodie 0 – 1 Taylor Dent

Path

Wesley Moodie's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 7, 2005	R32	Jimmy Wang	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Wesley Moodie's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 9, 2005	QF	Michal Mertinak	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Taylor Dent's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 7, 2005	R32	Amer Delic	7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data