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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga #7 def. Ernests Gulbis #98

4-6 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 10, 2009*
Tournament	Tokyo
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Score	4-6 6-4 6-3
Loser	Ernests Gulbis
Duration	1h 32m

Stat	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Ernests Gulbis
Aces	19	11
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	72	71
First serve points won %	86	74
Second serve points won %	50	64
Break points saved %	67	50
Break points converted %	50	33
Service points won %	76	71
Return points won %	29	24
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Ernests Gulbis
Country	FRA	LAT
Birth date	Apr 17, 1985	Aug 30, 1988
Age	24	21
Height	188	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	98
Ranking points (entering)	3,690	570
Elo (entering)	1,971	1,750
Career W-L	445–228	221–232
Career earnings	$22,524,073	$7,668,948

Pre-match H2H

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2 – 0 Ernests Gulbis

Path

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 2009	R16	Richard Gasquet	4-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 2009	R32	Mischa Zverev	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 2009	SF	Gael Monfils	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Ernests Gulbis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 9, 2009	R16	Juan Monaco	6-3 4-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 8, 2009	R32	Radek Stepanek	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 5, 2009	Q2	Dominik Meffert	6-7(3) 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 5, 2009	Q1	Junn Mitsuhashi	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data