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Mariano Zabaleta #48 def. Stefan Koubek #40

6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 11, 2003*
Tournament	Auckland
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Mariano Zabaleta
Score	6-2 6-1
Loser	Stefan Koubek
Duration	55m

Stat	Mariano Zabaleta	Stefan Koubek
Aces	3	4
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	49	64
First serve points won %	77	54
Second serve points won %	65	38
Break points saved %	100	62
Break points converted %	38	0
Service points won %	71	48
Return points won %	52	29
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mariano Zabaleta	Stefan Koubek
Country	ARG	AUT
Birth date	Feb 28, 1978	Jan 2, 1977
Age	24	26
Height	183	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	48	40
Ranking points (entering)	736	920
Elo (entering)	1,681	1,707
Career W-L	199–206	195–235
Career earnings	$3,204,127	$3,365,024

Pre-match H2H

Mariano Zabaleta 1 – 1 Stefan Koubek

Path

Mariano Zabaleta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 2003	R16	Vincent Spadea	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2003	R32	David Nalbandian	2-6 7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Mariano Zabaleta's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 11, 2003	SF	Gustavo Kuerten	3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Stefan Koubek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 10, 2003	R16	Raemon Sluiter	6-3 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 2003	R32	Mark Nielsen	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data