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Fernando Verdasco #48 def. Robin Soderling #41

7-6(3) 7-6(4)

Match Information

Date	Aug 25, 2005*
Tournament	New Haven
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Fernando Verdasco
Score	7-6(3) 7-6(4)
Loser	Robin Soderling
Duration	1h 40m

Stat	Fernando Verdasco	Robin Soderling
Aces	9	4
Double faults	4	6
First serve %	67	62
First serve points won %	69	70
Second serve points won %	56	46
Break points saved %	0	70
Break points converted %	30	100
Service points won %	64	60
Return points won %	40	36
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Fernando Verdasco	Robin Soderling
Country	ESP	SWE
Birth date	Nov 15, 1983	Aug 14, 1984
Age	21	21
Height	188	193
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	48	41
Ranking points (entering)	735	825
Elo (entering)	1,801	1,703
Career W-L	549–441	285–166
Career earnings	$18,368,908	$10,423,124

Pre-match H2H

Fernando Verdasco 0 – 1 Robin Soderling

Path

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 24, 2005	R64	Jan Hernych	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Verdasco's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 26, 2005	R16	Fernando Gonzalez	6-7(3) 7-5 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

Robin Soderling's path

No prior matches in this tournament.