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David Ferrer #25 def. Alberto Martin #62

6-2 3-6 7-5

Match Information

Date	May 8, 2005*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	David Ferrer
Score	6-2 3-6 7-5
Loser	Alberto Martin
Duration	2h 19m

Stat	David Ferrer	Alberto Martin
Aces	2	1
Double faults	3	6
First serve %	72	58
First serve points won %	62	56
Second serve points won %	30	45
Break points saved %	62	46
Break points converted %	54	38
Service points won %	53	51
Return points won %	49	47
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	David Ferrer	Alberto Martin
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Apr 2, 1982	Aug 20, 1978
Age	23	26
Height	175	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	25	62
Ranking points (entering)	1,210	614
Elo (entering)	1,850	1,768
Career W-L	700–368	218–267
Career earnings	$31,483,911	$3,840,885

Pre-match H2H

David Ferrer 3 – 2 Alberto Martin

Path

David Ferrer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2005	R16	Gaston Gaudio	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 5, 2005	R32	Thomas Johansson	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 4, 2005	R64	Cyril Saulnier	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

David Ferrer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2005	SF	Rafael Nadal	6-4 4-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Alberto Martin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2005	R16	Luis Horna	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 5, 2005	R32	Potito Starace	6-3 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 4, 2005	R64	Rainer Schuettler	6-0 1-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data