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Xavier Malisse #65 def. Jurgen Melzer #55

3-6 6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 22, 2004*
Tournament	St. Poelten
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Xavier Malisse
Score	3-6 6-3 6-3
Loser	Jurgen Melzer
Duration	1h 54m

Stat	Xavier Malisse	Jurgen Melzer
Aces	2	3
Double faults	6	3
First serve %	63	59
First serve points won %	73	64
Second serve points won %	43	38
Break points saved %	62	29
Break points converted %	71	38
Service points won %	62	54
Return points won %	46	38
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Xavier Malisse	Jurgen Melzer
Country	BEL	AUT
Birth date	Jul 19, 1980	May 22, 1981
Age	23	23
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	65	55
Ranking points (entering)	585	682
Elo (entering)	1,706	1,731
Career W-L	282–265	326–303
Career earnings	$5,702,871	$10,739,212

Pre-match H2H

Xavier Malisse 0 – 0 Jurgen Melzer

Path

Xavier Malisse's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 22, 2004	QF	Daniel Koellerer	6-4 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 21, 2004	R16	Hugo Armando	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 20, 2004	R32	Karol Beck	7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Xavier Malisse's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 23, 2004	F	Filippo Volandri	1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Jurgen Melzer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 22, 2004	QF	Olivier Rochus	4-6 7-6(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 21, 2004	R16	Igor Andreev	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 20, 2004	R32	Greg Rusedski	6-2 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data