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Paul-Henri Mathieu #54 def. Novak Djokovic #16

7-6(11) 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Nov 2, 2006*
Tournament	Paris Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Carpet
Round	R32
Winner	Paul-Henri Mathieu
Score	7-6(11) 7-6(4)
Loser	Novak Djokovic
Duration	2h 41m

Stat	Paul-Henri Mathieu	Novak Djokovic
Aces	13	6
Double faults	3	0
First serve %	50	56
First serve points won %	78	73
Second serve points won %	47	47
Break points saved %	75	57
Break points converted %	43	25
Service points won %	63	62
Return points won %	38	37
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Paul-Henri Mathieu	Novak Djokovic
Country	FRA	SRB
Birth date	Jan 12, 1982	May 22, 1987
Age	24	19
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	54	16
Ranking points (entering)	723	1,465
Elo (entering)	1,650	1,910
Career W-L	268–297	1,122–223
Career earnings	$6,299,093	$193,469,626

Pre-match H2H

Paul-Henri Mathieu 0 – 1 Novak Djokovic

Path

Paul-Henri Mathieu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 1, 2006	R64	Andreas Seppi	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Paul-Henri Mathieu's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 4, 2006	R16	Tommy Robredo	4-6 6-7(1)	L	H2H	Match data

Novak Djokovic's path

No prior matches in this tournament.