Gilles Simon vs Mohammad Ghareeb — Dubai Round of 32

Dubai · ATP · Round of 32
FRA
Gilles Simon
41 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 23 February 2009
hard
KUW
Mohammad Ghareeb
45 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WLWWWWLWWW
Simon G.
5-7 6-4 6-4
Ghareeb M.
Simon G.
5662
Ghareeb M.
7441

Gilles Simon defeated Mohammad Ghareeb 5-7 6-4 6-4 in the Dubai round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Mohammad Ghareeb came in defending last year's round of 32.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Simon G.serving79% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Ghareeb M.

Ghareeb M.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Simon G.

Even serve battle

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Simon G.Ghareeb M.
1st serve in·Slight edge
61%
69%
1st serve points won·Even
68%
67%
2nd serve points won·Clear edge
49%
64%
Service points won·Slight edge
61%
66%
Return points won·Even
39%
37%
Break points saved·Slight edge
59%
68%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.8
5.3
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.7
2.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 3). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Weather
29°CClear
Wind 21 km/hHumidity 31%

Draw

Final
Djokovic N.
Ferrer D.
7-56-3
Semi-finals
Djokovic N.
Simon G.
3-67-57-5
Ferrer D.
Gasquet R.
6-26-2
Quarter-finals
Gasquet R.
Murray A.
W/O
Djokovic N.
Cilic M.
6-36-4
Simon G.
Santoro F.
7-636-1
Ferrer D.
Andreev I.
7-56-1
R16
Ferrer D.
Kohlschreiber P.
6-46-2
Andreev I.
Tursunov D.
5-76-46-3
Santoro F.
Chiudinelli M.
3-66-17-61
Simon G.
Gabashvili T.
6-16-2
Cilic M.
Benneteau J.
6-34-67-5
Djokovic N.
Hernych J.
6-33-66-4
Gasquet R.
Bolelli S.
6-746-37-65
Murray A.
Clement A.
6-26-3
R32
Murray A.
Stakhovsky S.
6-736-35-3
Andreev I.
De Voest R.
6-46-0
Chiudinelli M.
Karlovic I.
7-644-67-67
Simon G.
Ghareeb M.
5-76-46-4
Gasquet R.
Safin M.
6-35-76-3
Bolelli S.
Troicki V.
6-36-4
Clement A.
Schuettler R.
1-66-36-3
Kohlschreiber P.
Lammer M.
6-16-1
Tursunov D.
Seppi A.
6-16-4
Gabashvili T.
Recouderc L.
5-77-646-3
Santoro F.
Hanescu V.
6-46-2
Djokovic N.
Cipolla F.
6-36-2
Hernych J.
Youzhny M.
4-66-16-4
Benneteau J.
Melzer J.
1-66-36-3
Cilic M.
Tipsarevic J.
2-67-636-4
Ferrer D.
Ljubicic I.
3-66-26-1