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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga #38 def. Richard Gasquet #8

6-2 6-7(5) 7-6(6) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 22, 2008*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Score	6-2 6-7(5) 7-6(6) 6-3
Loser	Richard Gasquet
Duration	3h 15m

Stat	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Richard Gasquet
Aces	19	5
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	66	61
First serve points won %	83	70
Second serve points won %	50	49
Break points saved %	88	58
Break points converted %	42	12
Service points won %	72	62
Return points won %	38	28
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Richard Gasquet
Country	FRA	FRA
Birth date	Apr 17, 1985	Jun 18, 1986
Age	22	21
Height	188	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	38	8
Ranking points (entering)	789	1,895
Elo (entering)	1,837	1,942
Career W-L	445–228	596–406
Career earnings	$22,524,073	$21,504,662

Pre-match H2H

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 1 – 2 Richard Gasquet

Path

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2008	R32	Guillermo Garcia-Lopez	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2008	R64	Sam Warburg	6-4 7-6(4) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2008	R128	Andy Murray	7-5 6-4 0-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2008	QF	Mikhail Youzhny	7-5 6-0 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data

Richard Gasquet's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2008	R32	Igor Andreev	6-3 6-2 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2008	R64	Feliciano Lopez	6-2 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 2008	R128	Nick Lindahl	6-0 6-1 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data