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Novak Djokovic #1 def. Gilles Simon #15

6-3 6-7(1) 6-4 4-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 26, 2016*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	6-3 6-7(1) 6-4 4-6 6-3
Loser	Gilles Simon
Duration	4h 32m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Gilles Simon
Aces	9	2
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	62	66
First serve points won %	70	69
Second serve points won %	55	36
Break points saved %	78	76
Break points converted %	24	22
Service points won %	64	58
Return points won %	42	36
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Gilles Simon
Country	SRB	FRA
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Dec 27, 1984
Age	28	31
Height	188	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	15
Ranking points (entering)	16,790	2,145
Elo (entering)	2,564	2,006
Career W-L	1,122–223	493–379
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$16,045,734

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 8 – 2 Gilles Simon

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2016	R32	Andreas Seppi	6-1 7-5 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2016	R64	Quentin Halys	6-1 6-2 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2016	R128	Hyeon Chung	6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2016	QF	Kei Nishikori	6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Gilles Simon's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2016	R32	Federico Delbonis	6-3 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2016	R64	Evgeny Donskoy	6-3 5-7 7-6(1) 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2016	R128	Vasek Pospisil	6-7(4) 6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data