Rainer Schuettler #8 def. Sebastien Grosjean #10

7-6(5) 6-2

Rainer Schuettler defeated Sebastien Grosjean 7-6(5) 6-2 in the 2003 Japan Open final on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 5, 2003*
Tournament: Japan Open
Edition: 2003
Category: ATP International Series Gold → modern equivalent ATP 500
Surface: Hard
Round: F
Duration: 1h 28m

Match Statistics

Stat	Rainer Schuettler	Sebastien Grosjean
Aces	4	7
Double faults	2	0
First serve %	67	61
First serve points won %	82	67
Second serve points won %	45	44
Break points saved %	80	40
Break points converted %	60	20
Service points won %	70	59
Return points won %	41	30
Total points won %	55	45

Player Comparison

Field	Rainer Schuettler	Sebastien Grosjean
Country	GER	FRA
Birth date	Apr 25, 1976	May 29, 1978
Age	27	25
Height	180 cm	175 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	10
Ranking points (entering)	2,495	1,850
Elo (entering)	1,925	1,860
Current career W-L	315–326	323–237
Current career earnings	$7,407,508	$8,131,803

Pre-match H2H

Rainer Schuettler #8 0 – 2 Sebastien Grosjean #10

Path

Rainer Schuettler's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Cyril Saulnier #102	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 4, 2003	SF
Scott Draper #103	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 4, 2003	QF
Robert Kendrick #139	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 3, 2003	R16
Satoshi Iwabuchi #238	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 2, 2003	R32

Rainer Schuettler's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Sebastien Grosjean's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Paradorn Srichaphan #11	4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 4, 2003	SF
Jan-Michael Gambill #62	6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 4, 2003	QF
Dennis van Scheppingen #141	6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 3, 2003	R16
Ivo Karlovic #76	6-3 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 2, 2003	R32