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Jurgen Melzer #47 def. Christophe Rochus #48

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 21, 2005*
Tournament	St. Poelten
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Jurgen Melzer
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Christophe Rochus
Duration	1h 11m

Stat	Jurgen Melzer	Christophe Rochus
Aces	3	0
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	60	58
First serve points won %	66	52
Second serve points won %	57	50
Break points saved %	25	44
Break points converted %	56	75
Service points won %	62	51
Return points won %	49	38
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jurgen Melzer	Christophe Rochus
Country	AUT	BEL
Birth date	May 22, 1981	Dec 15, 1978
Age	23	26
Height	183	170
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	47	48
Ranking points (entering)	810	801
Elo (entering)	1,764	1,689
Career W-L	326–303	114–208
Career earnings	$10,739,212	$2,753,294

Pre-match H2H

Jurgen Melzer 0 – 0 Christophe Rochus

Path

Jurgen Melzer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 21, 2005	QF	David Sanchez	5-7 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 20, 2005	R16	Gilles Muller	6-2 6-7(5) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2005	R32	Marco Mirnegg	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Jurgen Melzer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 22, 2005	F	Nikolay Davydenko	3-6 6-2 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Christophe Rochus's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 21, 2005	QF	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 20, 2005	R16	Davide Sanguinetti	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2005	R32	Paradorn Srichaphan	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data