Taylor Dent #55 def. Gilles Muller #78

6-4 4-6 6-2

Taylor Dent defeated Gilles Muller 6-4 4-6 6-2 in the 2004 Japan Open quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 9, 2004*
Tournament: Japan Open
Edition: 2004
Category: International Series Gold → modern equivalent ATP 500
Surface: Hard
Round: QF
Duration: 1h 35m

Match Statistics

Stat	Taylor Dent	Gilles Muller
Aces	10	6
Double faults	3	5
First serve %	68	62
First serve points won %	82	69
Second serve points won %	48	61
Break points saved %	83	67
Break points converted %	33	17
Service points won %	71	66
Return points won %	34	29
Total points won %	53	47

Player Comparison

Field	Taylor Dent	Gilles Muller
Country	USA	LUX
Birth date	Apr 24, 1981	May 9, 1983
Age	23	21
Height	188 cm	193 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	55	78
Ranking points (entering)	685	507
Elo (entering)	1,749	1,619
Current career W-L	152–140	203–202
Current career earnings	$2,563,378	$5,991,874

Pre-match H2H

Taylor Dent #55 0 – 0 Gilles Muller #78

Path

Taylor Dent's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Hyung-Taik Lee #69	7-6(4) 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 8, 2004	R16
Tomas Zib #129	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 7, 2004	R32

Taylor Dent's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Bohdan Ulihrach #140	4-6 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 9, 2004	SF

Gilles Muller's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
David Nalbandian #10	7-6(4) 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 8, 2004	R16
Alex Bogomolov Jr	6-3 6-1	W	—	Match data	Oct 7, 2004	R32