Paire v Simon
ATP Tour career
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Gilles Simon takes it, 11–2 on categories
Simon wins on first serve in %. Paire’s case rests on first-serve points won %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Paire 534 matches, Simon 879 matches.
- Paire averages 8.5 aces a match to Simon’s 4.2 — 2 times as many.
- Simon averages 2.3 double faults a match to Paire’s 5.2.
- Simon has the better first serve in %: 57.4 to Paire’s 51.9.
- Winners’ edge: Simon’s team won 56%, Paire’s team won 45% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Simon has 879 matches across 19 seasons, Paire 534 in 15 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, finals): those averages use only the games that logged them.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
- 0.03 total · best 1Titlesper game0.014 total · best 1
- 51.9First serve in %57.4
- 74.4First-serve points won %69.3
- 59.6Break points saved %60.0
- 37.7Return points won %39.7
- 8.54,529 total · best 32Acesper game4.23,729 total · best 32
Head to head
410 matches
since 20116
since 20116
- Hard · 7 matchesPaire 4Simon 3
- Clay · 3 matchesPaire 0Simon 3
Last meetings
- 22 Aug 2021 · Winston-Salem · Round of 32 · HardPaire won 6-3 6-3
- 31 Dec 2018 · Pune · Quarterfinal · HardSimon won 3-6 7-6(4) 6-4
- 9 Apr 2018 · Marrakech · Round of 32 · ClaySimon won 6-2 6-7(1) 7-6(5)
- 2 Nov 2015 · ATP Masters 1000 Paris · Round of 32 · HardSimon won 6-4 4-6 6-1
- 12 Apr 2015 · ATP Masters 1000 Monte Carlo · Round of 32 · ClaySimon won 6-4 7-5
- 4 May 2014 · ATP Masters 1000 Madrid · Round of 64 · ClaySimon won 2-0 ret.
- 7 Oct 2013 · ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai · Round of 64 · HardPaire won 6-4 6-3
- 7 Mar 2013 · ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells · Round of 32 · HardSimon won 3-6 7-6(5) 6-4
- 4 Feb 2013 · Montpellier · Quarterfinal · HardPaire won 7-5 7-6(4)
- 7 Feb 2011 · Rotterdam · Round of 32 · Hard
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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