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Roger Federer #1 def. David Nalbandian #11

6-2 6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	Sep 9, 2005*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-2 6-4 6-1
Loser	David Nalbandian
Duration	1h 39m

Stat	Roger Federer	David Nalbandian
Aces	11	0
Double faults	0	6
First serve %	54	56
First serve points won %	80	55
Second serve points won %	53	33
Break points saved %	60	36
Break points converted %	64	40
Service points won %	68	45
Return points won %	55	32
Total points won %	61	39

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	David Nalbandian
Country	SUI	ARG
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Jan 1, 1982
Age	24	23
Height	185	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	11
Ranking points (entering)	6,975	1,700
Elo (entering)	2,361	1,908
Career W-L	1,206–267	356–185
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$11,123,125

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 2 – 5 David Nalbandian

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 2005	R16	Nicolas Kiefer	6-4 6-7(3) 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2005	R32	Olivier Rochus	6-3 7-6(6) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2005	R64	Fabrice Santoro	7-5 7-5 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2005	R128	Ivo Minar	6-1 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 2005	SF	Lleyton Hewitt	6-3 7-6(0) 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 2005	R16	Davide Sanguinetti	4-6 7-6(4) 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2005	R32	Fernando Gonzalez	7-5 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2005	R64	Peter Wessels	7-6(4) 1-6 6-2 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2005	R128	Alex Bogomolov Jr	6-2 7-5 6-4	W	—	Match data