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David Nalbandian #8 def. Alejandro Falla #146

5-7 6-0 6-2 6-0

Match Information

Date	May 28, 2004*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R64
Winner	David Nalbandian
Score	5-7 6-0 6-2 6-0
Loser	Alejandro Falla
Duration	2h 23m

Stat	David Nalbandian	Alejandro Falla
Aces	3	1
Double faults	5	5
First serve %	55	58
First serve points won %	74	51
Second serve points won %	52	40
Break points saved %	67	60
Break points converted %	40	33
Service points won %	64	46
Return points won %	54	36
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	David Nalbandian	Alejandro Falla
Country	ARG	COL
Birth date	Jan 1, 1982	Nov 14, 1983
Age	22	20
Height	180	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	146
Ranking points (entering)	2,210	276
Elo (entering)	1,950	1,564
Career W-L	356–185	97–158
Career earnings	$11,123,125	$3,101,331

Pre-match H2H

David Nalbandian 0 – 0 Alejandro Falla

Path

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 26, 2004	R128	Richard Gasquet	6-4 7-5 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data

David Nalbandian's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2004	R32	Stefan Koubek	6-7(1) 6-3 7-6(1) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Alejandro Falla's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 26, 2004	R128	Kristian Pless	6-2 4-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 25, 2004	Q3	Andreas Seppi	3-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 25, 2004	Q2	Peter Wessels	7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 24, 2004	Q1	Eric Taino	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data