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Nikolay Davydenko #7 def. Robin Soderling #41

7-6(6) 6-2

Match Information

Date	Aug 26, 2006*
Tournament	New Haven
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Nikolay Davydenko
Score	7-6(6) 6-2
Loser	Robin Soderling
Duration	1h 38m

Stat	Nikolay Davydenko	Robin Soderling
Aces	5	4
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	79	55
First serve points won %	64	57
Second serve points won %	38	45
Break points saved %	50	50
Break points converted %	50	50
Service points won %	58	52
Return points won %	48	42
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nikolay Davydenko	Robin Soderling
Country	RUS	SWE
Birth date	Jun 2, 1981	Aug 14, 1984
Age	25	22
Height	178	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	41
Ranking points (entering)	2,085	893
Elo (entering)	1,867	1,822
Career W-L	467–324	285–166
Career earnings	$16,186,480	$10,423,124

Pre-match H2H

Nikolay Davydenko 1 – 1 Robin Soderling

Path

Nikolay Davydenko's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 26, 2006	QF	Olivier Rochus	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 25, 2006	R16	Paradorn Srichaphan	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 24, 2006	R32	Arnaud Clement	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Nikolay Davydenko's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 27, 2006	F	Agustin Calleri	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Robin Soderling's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 26, 2006	QF	Jurgen Melzer	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 25, 2006	R16	Marcos Baghdatis	6-3 6-7(3) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 24, 2006	R32	Sam Querrey	6-3 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data