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Sebastien De Chaunac #225 def. Izak Van der Merwe #286

6-7(3) 7-5 7-6(5)

Match Information

Date	Feb 6, 2009*
Tournament	Johannesburg
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Sebastien De Chaunac
Score	6-7(3) 7-5 7-6(5)
Loser	Izak Van der Merwe
Duration	2h 49m

Stat	Sebastien De Chaunac	Izak Van der Merwe
Aces	5	14
Double faults	3	5
First serve %	58	61
First serve points won %	78	81
Second serve points won %	60	46
Break points saved %	78	70
Break points converted %	30	22
Service points won %	70	67
Return points won %	33	30
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Sebastien De Chaunac	Izak Van der Merwe
Country	FRA	RSA
Birth date	Oct 7, 1977	Jan 26, 1984
Age	31	25
Height	183	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	225	286
Ranking points (entering)	338	255
Elo (entering)	1,632	1,538
Career W-L	11–22	7–7
Career earnings	$547,906	$430,017

Pre-match H2H

Sebastien De Chaunac 0 – 0 Izak Van der Merwe

Path

Sebastien De Chaunac's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 5, 2009	R32	Marcel Granollers	7-5 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 3, 2009	Q3	Nicolaas Scholtz	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 2, 2009	Q2	Grant Ive	6-3 6-7(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Sebastien De Chaunac's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 7, 2009	QF	Jeremy Chardy	6-7(4) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Izak Van der Merwe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 5, 2009	R32	Benjamin Becker	7-6(4) 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data