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Roger Federer #2 def. David Nalbandian #8

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 26, 2008*
Tournament	Basel
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	David Nalbandian
Duration	1h 10m

Stat	Roger Federer	David Nalbandian
Aces	8	5
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	64	67
First serve points won %	87	66
Second serve points won %	82	50
Break points saved %	—	75
Break points converted %	25	—
Service points won %	85	61
Return points won %	39	15
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	David Nalbandian
Country	SUI	ARG
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Jan 1, 1982
Age	27	26
Height	185	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	8
Ranking points (entering)	5,805	1,750
Elo (entering)	2,254	1,970
Career W-L	1,206–267	356–185
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$11,123,125

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 9 – 8 David Nalbandian

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 2008	SF	Feliciano Lopez	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 2008	QF	Simone Bolelli	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 24, 2008	R16	Jarkko Nieminen	7-6(6) 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 2008	R32	Bobby Reynolds	6-3 6-7(6) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 2008	SF	Juan Martin del Potro	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 2008	QF	Benjamin Becker	7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 24, 2008	R16	Kristof Vliegen	6-4 5-7 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 2008	R32	Albert Montanes	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data