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Cyril Saulnier #84 def. Gilles Elseneer #98

5-7 6-3 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Jul 9, 2004*
Tournament	Newport
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	Cyril Saulnier
Score	5-7 6-3 7-6(3)
Loser	Gilles Elseneer
Duration	2h 43m

Stat	Cyril Saulnier	Gilles Elseneer
Aces	9	11
Double faults	4	9
First serve %	56	66
First serve points won %	72	67
Second serve points won %	45	38
Break points saved %	64	84
Break points converted %	16	36
Service points won %	60	57
Return points won %	43	40
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Cyril Saulnier	Gilles Elseneer
Country	FRA	BEL
Birth date	Aug 16, 1975	Jun 3, 1978
Age	28	26
Height	190	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	84	98
Ranking points (entering)	476	410
Elo (entering)	1,676	1,533
Career W-L	75–111	14–23
Career earnings	$1,391,494	$477,809

Pre-match H2H

Cyril Saulnier 0 – 0 Gilles Elseneer

Path

Cyril Saulnier's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 8, 2004	R32	Justin Gimelstob	6-1 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Cyril Saulnier's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 10, 2004	QF	Jurgen Melzer	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Gilles Elseneer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 8, 2004	R32	Rajeev Ram	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data