Marcos Baghdatis #9 def. Paradorn Srichaphan #47

6-2 3-6 7-5

Marcos Baghdatis defeated Paradorn Srichaphan 6-2 3-6 7-5 in the 2006 China Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 16, 2006*
Tournament: China Open
Edition: 2006
Category: ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 2h 1m

Match Statistics

Stat	Marcos Baghdatis	Paradorn Srichaphan
Aces	2	6
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	57	64
First serve points won %	85	72
Second serve points won %	50	44
Break points saved %	83	67
Break points converted %	33	17
Service points won %	70	62
Return points won %	38	30
Total points won %	53	47

Player Comparison

Field	Marcos Baghdatis	Paradorn Srichaphan
Country	CYP	THA
Birth date	Jun 17, 1985	Jun 14, 1979
Age	21	27
Height	183 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	9	47
Ranking points (entering)	1,952	780
Elo (entering)	1,866	1,708
Current career W-L	327–274	220–184
Current career earnings	$8,918,917	$3,459,655

Pre-match H2H

Marcos Baghdatis #9 0 – 0 Paradorn Srichaphan #47

Path

Marcos Baghdatis's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Danai Udomchoke #122	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 16, 2006	QF
Jimmy Wang #130	7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 15, 2006	R16
Denis Gremelmayr #97	4-6 6-1 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 14, 2006	R32

Marcos Baghdatis's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Mario Ancic #12	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 17, 2006	F

Paradorn Srichaphan's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Nikolay Davydenko #5	6-2 1-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 16, 2006	QF
Satoshi Iwabuchi #428	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 15, 2006	R16
Rainer Schuettler #86	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 14, 2006	R32