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Fernando Verdasco #9 def. Stefan Koubek #134

6-1 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Jan 24, 2010*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Fernando Verdasco
Score	6-1 (ret.)
Loser	Stefan Koubek
Duration	23m

Stat	Fernando Verdasco	Stefan Koubek
Aces	0	0
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	56	41
First serve points won %	100	29
Second serve points won %	43	30
Break points saved %	—	0
Break points converted %	100	—
Service points won %	75	29
Return points won %	71	25
Total points won %	73	27

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Fernando Verdasco	Stefan Koubek
Country	ESP	AUT
Birth date	Nov 15, 1983	Jan 2, 1977
Age	26	33
Height	188	175
Handedness	Left-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	9	134
Ranking points (entering)	3,300	377
Elo (entering)	2,010	1,716
Career W-L	549–441	195–235
Career earnings	$18,368,908	$3,365,024

Pre-match H2H

Fernando Verdasco 0 – 0 Stefan Koubek

Path

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2010	R64	Ivan Sergeyev	6-1 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2010	R128	Carsten Ball	6-7(4) 7-6(1) 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Verdasco's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 26, 2010	R16	Nikolay Davydenko	2-6 5-7 6-4 7-6(5) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Stefan Koubek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2010	R64	Ivan Dodig	7-6(4) 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2010	R128	Rajeev Ram	4-6 6-3 5-7 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2010	Q3	Ryan Sweeting	6-4 6-7(5) 9-7	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2010	Q2	Kyu Tae Im	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2010	Q1	Ryler DeHeart	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data