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Juan Monaco #67 def. David Nalbandian #10

2-6 7-5 7-6(2)

Match Information

Date	Feb 21, 2009*
Tournament	Buenos Aires
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Juan Monaco
Score	2-6 7-5 7-6(2)
Loser	David Nalbandian
Duration	2h 41m

Stat	Juan Monaco	David Nalbandian
Aces	3	1
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	76	58
First serve points won %	63	65
Second serve points won %	50	59
Break points saved %	38	60
Break points converted %	40	62
Service points won %	60	62
Return points won %	38	40
Total points won %	49	51

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Juan Monaco	David Nalbandian
Country	ARG	ARG
Birth date	Mar 29, 1984	Jan 1, 1982
Age	24	27
Height	185	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	67	10
Ranking points (entering)	1,135	3,395
Elo (entering)	1,773	2,025
Career W-L	319–256	356–185
Career earnings	$8,091,242	$11,123,125

Pre-match H2H

Juan Monaco 0 – 2 David Nalbandian

Path

Juan Monaco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 2009	QF	Maximo Gonzalez	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 2009	R16	Martin Vassallo Arguello	6-4 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 2009	R32	Sergio Roitman	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Monaco's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 22, 2009	F	Tommy Robredo	5-7 6-2 6-7(5)	L	H2H	Match data

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 2009	QF	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6-3 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 20, 2009	R16	Daniel Gimeno-Traver	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 19, 2009	R32	Nicolas Lapentti	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data