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J. Varlet #162 def. Xavier Malisse #23

2-6 7-5 7-6(6)

Match Information

Date	Jan 31, 2003*
Tournament	Milan
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	J. Varlet
Score	2-6 7-5 7-6(6)
Loser	Xavier Malisse
Duration	2h 5m

Stat	J. Varlet	Xavier Malisse
Aces	9	11
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	72	59
First serve points won %	67	89
Second serve points won %	47	51
Break points saved %	50	33
Break points converted %	67	50
Service points won %	61	73
Return points won %	27	39
Total points won %	46	54

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Varlet	Xavier Malisse
Country	FRA	BEL
Birth date	Sep 8, 1977	Jul 19, 1980
Age	25	22
Height	180	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	162	23
Ranking points (entering)	233	1,265
Elo (entering)	1,580	1,792
Career W-L	3–8	282–265
Career earnings	$188,412	$5,702,871

Pre-match H2H

J. Varlet 0 – 0 Xavier Malisse

Path

J. Varlet's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 2003	R32	Feliciano Lopez	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

J. Varlet's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 1, 2003	QF	Ivan Ljubicic	4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Xavier Malisse's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 2003	R32	Andre Sa	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data