Florent Serra #68 def. Paul-Henri Mathieu #54

6-3 6-1

Florent Serra defeated Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-3 6-1 in the 2005 Tiriac Open quarterfinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 17, 2005*
Tournament: Tiriac Open
Edition: 2005
Category: ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Clay
Round: QF
Duration: 1h 10m

Match Statistics

Stat	Florent Serra	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Aces	3	1
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	50	46
First serve points won %	76	52
Second serve points won %	52	36
Break points saved %	0	17
Break points converted %	83	100
Service points won %	64	43
Return points won %	57	36
Total points won %	60	40

Player Comparison

Field	Florent Serra	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Country	FRA	FRA
Birth date	Feb 28, 1981	Jan 12, 1982
Age	24	23
Height	180 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	68	54
Ranking points (entering)	515	733
Elo (entering)	1,653	1,722
Current career W-L	123–170	271–298
Current career earnings	$2,969,796	$6,299,093

Pre-match H2H

Florent Serra #68 0 – 1 Paul-Henri Mathieu #54

Path

Florent Serra's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Filippo Volandri #41	1-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 16, 2005	R16
Victor Crivoi #318	3-6 7-6(5) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 15, 2005	R32

Florent Serra's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Andrei Pavel #56	6-7(5) 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 17, 2005	SF

Paul-Henri Mathieu's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Albert Portas #127	6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 16, 2005	R16
David Sanchez #116	2-6 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 15, 2005	R32