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Mario Ancic #23 def. Paul-Henri Mathieu #35

7-6(5) 6-3

Match Information

Date Mar 9, 2006*
Tournament Indian Wells Masters
Category Masters 1000
Surface Hard
RoundR32
Winner Mario Ancic
Score7-6(5) 6-3
Loser Paul-Henri Mathieu
Duration1h 57m
StatMario AncicPaul-Henri Mathieu
Aces54
Double faults21
First serve %6359
First serve points won %7163
Second serve points won %5158
Break points saved %710
Break points converted %10029
Service points won %6461
Return points won %3936
Total points won %5446

Pre-match Comparison

FieldMario AncicPaul-Henri Mathieu
Country CRO FRA
Birth dateMar 30, 1984Jan 12, 1982
Age2124
Height196185
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)2335
Ranking points (entering)1,355893
Elo (entering)1,8511,780
Career W-L193–124268–297
Career earnings$4,024,686$6,299,093
Pre-match H2H
Mario Ancic 0 0 Paul-Henri Mathieu

Path

Mario Ancic's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Mar 8, 2006R64 Davide Sanguinetti 6-3 7-6(3)WH2HMatch data

Mario Ancic's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Mar 11, 2006R16 Ivan Ljubicic 3-6 4-6LH2HMatch data

Paul-Henri Mathieu's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Mar 8, 2006R64 Nicolas Kiefer 7-6(5) 4-6 6-2WH2HMatch data
Mar 7, 2006R128 Andreas Seppi 2-6 6-4 6-1WH2HMatch data