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Roger Federer #2 def. Paul-Henri Mathieu #35

4-6 6-1 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 31, 2009*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	4-6 6-1 6-4 6-4
Loser	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Duration	2h 46m

Stat	Roger Federer	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Aces	14	8
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	59	60
First serve points won %	82	65
Second serve points won %	49	47
Break points saved %	71	69
Break points converted %	31	29
Service points won %	68	58
Return points won %	42	32
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Country	SUI	FRA
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Jan 12, 1982
Age	27	27
Height	185	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	35
Ranking points (entering)	10,470	1,490
Elo (entering)	2,243	1,778
Career W-L	1,206–267	268–297
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$6,299,093

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 3 – 0 Paul-Henri Mathieu

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2009	R64	Jose Acasuso	7-6(8) 5-7 7-6(2) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2009	R128	Alberto Martin	6-4 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2009	R16	Tommy Haas	6-7(4) 5-7 6-4 6-0 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Paul-Henri Mathieu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2009	R64	Pablo Andujar	6-2 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2009	R128	Laurent Recouderc	6-4 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data