Gilles Simon vs Takao Suzuki — Tokyo Round of 32

Tokyo · ATP · Round of 32
FRA
Gilles Simon
41 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWWLLWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 5 October 2009
hard
JPN
Takao Suzuki
49 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWWLLLLL
Simon G.
6-3 6-4
Suzuki T.
Simon G.
662
Suzuki T.
34–

Gilles Simon defeated Takao Suzuki 6-3 6-4 in the Tokyo round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Takao Suzuki came in defending last year's round of 16, but Gilles Simon had been the form player, winning 5 of their last 10 on hard.

Key context

  • Match story: Gilles Simon closed it out in two sets, 6–3 6–4.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Simon G.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Suzuki T.

Suzuki T.serving72% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Simon G.

Serve advantage — Simon G.

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.Suzuki T.
1st serve in·Slight edge
61%
67%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
68%
62%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
48%
Service points won·Even
61%
57%
Return points won·Slight edge
39%
32%
Break points saved·Clear edge
59%
44%
Aces / match·Dominant
3.8
0.8
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.7
2.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 5). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Weather
21°CDrizzle
Wind 12 km/hHumidity 81%

Draw

Final
Tsonga J.
Youzhny M.
6-36-3
Semi-finals
Tsonga J.
Monfils G.
6-36-3
Youzhny M.
Hewitt L.
6-25-77-5
Quarter-finals
Tsonga J.
Gulbis E.
4-66-46-3
Monfils G.
Wawrinka S.
2-66-36-4
Youzhny M.
Berdych T.
6-27-66
Hewitt L.
Roger-Vasselin E.
6-46-0
R16
Gulbis E.
Monaco J.
6-34-1
Wawrinka S.
Greul S.
6-36-2
Berdych T.
Beck A.
6-46-1
Youzhny M.
Simon G.
7-656-756-4
Hewitt L.
Santoro F.
3-66-36-1
Roger-Vasselin E.
Melzer J.
4-66-26-3
Monfils G.
Chiudinelli M.
7-656-3
Tsonga J.
Gasquet R.
4-66-26-2
R32
Monaco J.
Garcia Lopez G.
5-0
Hewitt L.
Ito T.
6-17-5
Simon G.
Suzuki T.
6-36-4
Tsonga J.
Zverev M.
6-46-3
Santoro F.
Golubev A.
6-757-626-2
Melzer J.
Mayer L.
7-646-3
Roger-Vasselin E.
del Potro J.
6-46-4
Youzhny M.
Bellucci T.
6-26-3
Gasquet R.
Petzschner P.
6-36-2
Gulbis E.
Stepanek R.
6-46-4
Berdych T.
Soeda G.
6-26-4
Wawrinka S.
Isner J.
6-46-4
Chiudinelli M.
Sela D.
4-66-16-4
Greul S.
Vassallo Arguello M.
4-66-46-2
Monfils G.
Ilhan M.
6-26-4
Beck A.
Schuettler R.
6-34-67-63