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Novak Djokovic #22 def. Jurgen Melzer #48

4-6 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Oct 8, 2006*
Tournament	Metz
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	4-6 6-3 6-2
Loser	Jurgen Melzer
Duration	1h 51m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Jurgen Melzer
Aces	10	2
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	66	50
First serve points won %	71	69
Second serve points won %	53	44
Break points saved %	78	64
Break points converted %	36	22
Service points won %	65	57
Return points won %	43	35
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Jurgen Melzer
Country	SRB	AUT
Birth date	May 22, 1987	May 22, 1981
Age	19	25
Height	188	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	22	48
Ranking points (entering)	1,183	755
Elo (entering)	1,898	1,805
Career W-L	1,122–223	326–303
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$10,739,212

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 0 – 0 Jurgen Melzer

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 7, 2006	SF	Sebastien Grosjean	6-7(4) 7-6(1) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 7, 2006	QF	Tobias Clemens	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 6, 2006	R16	Daniele Bracciali	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 5, 2006	R32	Nicolas Mahut	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Jurgen Melzer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 7, 2006	SF	Marc Gicquel	7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 7, 2006	QF	Mardy Fish	1-6 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 6, 2006	R16	Marat Safin	4-6 6-2 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 5, 2006	R32	Albert Montanes	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data