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Fernando Verdasco #15 def. Paul-Henri Mathieu #31

6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 10, 2009*
Tournament	Brisbane
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Fernando Verdasco
Score	6-2 6-1
Loser	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Duration	1h 16m

Stat	Fernando Verdasco	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Aces	4	0
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	76	53
First serve points won %	74	59
Second serve points won %	42	25
Break points saved %	75	38
Break points converted %	62	25
Service points won %	66	43
Return points won %	57	34
Total points won %	61	39

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Fernando Verdasco	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Country	ESP	FRA
Birth date	Nov 15, 1983	Jan 12, 1982
Age	25	26
Height	188	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	15	31
Ranking points (entering)	2,830	2,000
Elo (entering)	1,906	1,798
Career W-L	549–441	268–297
Career earnings	$18,368,908	$6,299,093

Pre-match H2H

Fernando Verdasco 4 – 0 Paul-Henri Mathieu

Path

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 2009	QF	Florent Serra	4-6 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2009	R16	Mario Ancic	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2009	R32	Bernard Tomic	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Verdasco's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 11, 2009	F	Radek Stepanek	6-3 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Paul-Henri Mathieu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 2009	QF	Kei Nishikori	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2009	R16	Ernests Gulbis	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 7, 2009	R32	Teymuraz Gabashvili	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data