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Novak Djokovic #3 def. Gilles Simon #8

3-6 7-5 7-5

Match Information

Date	Feb 28, 2009*
Tournament	Dubai
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Novak Djokovic
Score	3-6 7-5 7-5
Loser	Gilles Simon
Duration	2h 45m

Stat	Novak Djokovic	Gilles Simon
Aces	12	4
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	61	53
First serve points won %	66	75
Second serve points won %	60	47
Break points saved %	33	75
Break points converted %	25	67
Service points won %	63	62
Return points won %	38	37
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Novak Djokovic	Gilles Simon
Country	SRB	FRA
Birth date	May 22, 1987	Dec 27, 1984
Age	21	24
Height	188	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	8
Ranking points (entering)	9,010	3,945
Elo (entering)	2,090	2,000
Career W-L	1,122–223	493–379
Career earnings	$193,469,626	$16,045,734

Pre-match H2H

Novak Djokovic 1 – 2 Gilles Simon

Path

Novak Djokovic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2009	QF	Marin Cilic	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 2009	R16	Jan Hernych	6-3 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 2009	R32	Flavio Cipolla	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 1, 2009	F	David Ferrer	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Gilles Simon's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 2009	QF	Fabrice Santoro	7-6(3) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 2009	R16	Teymuraz Gabashvili	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 2009	R32	Mohammad Ghareeb	5-7 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data