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Julien Benneteau #39 def. Michael Russell #67

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Apr 27, 2007*
Tournament	Casablanca
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Julien Benneteau
Score	6-3 6-3
Loser	Michael Russell
Duration	1h 24m

Stat	Julien Benneteau	Michael Russell
Aces	8	1
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	76	64
First serve points won %	73	55
Second serve points won %	75	50
Break points saved %	67	33
Break points converted %	67	33
Service points won %	73	53
Return points won %	47	27
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Julien Benneteau	Michael Russell
Country	FRA	USA
Birth date	Dec 20, 1981	May 1, 1978
Age	25	28
Height	185	173
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	39	67
Ranking points (entering)	812	552
Elo (entering)	1,695	1,655
Career W-L	269–292	77–149
Career earnings	$9,556,742	$2,452,569

Pre-match H2H

Julien Benneteau 0 – 0 Michael Russell

Path

Julien Benneteau's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 2007	R32	Frederico Gil	7-6(2) 3-6 7-6(5)	W	—	Match data

Julien Benneteau's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 28, 2007	QF	Marc Gicquel	6-3 1-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Michael Russell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 2007	R32	Diego Hartfield	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data