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Mariano Zabaleta #103 def. Xavier Malisse #43

6-4 7-6(4) 7-5

Match Information

Date	Sep 5, 2001*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Mariano Zabaleta
Score	6-4 7-6(4) 7-5
Loser	Xavier Malisse
Duration	2h 26m

Stat	Mariano Zabaleta	Xavier Malisse
Aces	6	16
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	60	56
First serve points won %	82	71
Second serve points won %	55	52
Break points saved %	83	82
Break points converted %	18	17
Service points won %	71	63
Return points won %	37	29
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mariano Zabaleta	Xavier Malisse
Country	ARG	BEL
Birth date	Feb 28, 1978	Jul 19, 1980
Age	23	21
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	103	43
Ranking points (entering)	387	832
Elo (entering)	1,700	1,847
Career W-L	199–206	282–265
Career earnings	$3,204,127	$5,702,871

Pre-match H2H

Mariano Zabaleta 0 – 0 Xavier Malisse

Path

Mariano Zabaleta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2001	R32	Greg Rusedski	6-7(5) 6-4 7-5 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2001	R64	Taylor Dent	6-3 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2001	R128	Sebastien Grosjean	6-4 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Mariano Zabaleta's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 2001	QF	Marat Safin	4-6 4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Xavier Malisse's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2001	R32	Tim Henman	6-7(6) 6-3 7-5 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2001	R64	Fabrice Santoro	6-0 3-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 2001	R128	Kenneth Carlsen	6-1 4-6 3-6 2-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data