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Gilles Simon #41 def. Ernests Gulbis #24

7-6(1) 6-0

Match Information

Date Jan 15, 2011*
Tournament Sydney
Category ATP 250
Surface Hard
RoundSF
Winner Gilles Simon
Score7-6(1) 6-0
Loser Ernests Gulbis
Duration1h 13m
StatGilles SimonErnests Gulbis
Aces23
Double faults44
First serve %5358
First serve points won %7761
Second serve points won %5925
Break points saved %500
Break points converted %10050
Service points won %6946
Return points won %5431
Total points won %6238

Pre-match Comparison

FieldGilles SimonErnests Gulbis
Country FRA LAT
Birth dateDec 27, 1984Aug 30, 1988
Age2622
Height183193
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)4124
Ranking points (entering)1,0051,505
Elo (entering)1,9311,881
Career W-L493–379221–232
Career earnings$16,045,734$7,668,948
Pre-match H2H
Gilles Simon 0 1 Ernests Gulbis

Path

Gilles Simon's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 15, 2011QF Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-4 6-3WH2HMatch data
Jan 14, 2011R16 Frederico Gil 6-1 6-3WMatch data
Jan 13, 2011R32 Yen-Hsun Lu 6-0 6-3WH2HMatch data

Gilles Simon's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 16, 2011F Viktor Troicki 7-5 7-6(4)WH2HMatch data

Ernests Gulbis's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 15, 2011QF Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-4 6-4WH2HMatch data
Jan 14, 2011R16 Igor Andreev 2-6 6-4 6-3WH2HMatch data