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Albert Montanes #53 def. Santiago Ventura #112

4-6 6-4 6-1

Match Information

Date	Sep 26, 2009*
Tournament	Bucharest
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Albert Montanes
Score	4-6 6-4 6-1
Loser	Santiago Ventura
Duration	1h 51m

Stat	Albert Montanes	Santiago Ventura
Aces	1	1
Double faults	3	0
First serve %	65	65
First serve points won %	76	70
Second serve points won %	48	37
Break points saved %	50	44
Break points converted %	56	50
Service points won %	67	58
Return points won %	42	33
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Albert Montanes	Santiago Ventura
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Nov 26, 1980	Jan 5, 1980
Age	28	29
Height	175	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	53	112
Ranking points (entering)	905	514
Elo (entering)	1,790	1,701
Career W-L	257–287	38–59
Career earnings	$5,866,340	$1,260,406

Pre-match H2H

Albert Montanes 3 – 1 Santiago Ventura

Path

Albert Montanes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 2009	QF	Fabio Fognini	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 2009	R16	Marcel Granollers	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 24, 2009	R32	Potito Starace	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Albert Montanes's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 27, 2009	F	Juan Monaco	7-6(2) 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data

Santiago Ventura's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 26, 2009	QF	Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 2009	R16	Alberto Martin	4-5 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 24, 2009	R32	Igor Andreev	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 22, 2009	Q3	Robert Coman	7-6(1) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 21, 2009	Q2	Teodor-Dacian Craciun	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 21, 2009	Q1	Bogdan Andrii	6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data