QF Paris Masters 2008

David Nalbandian #8 def. Andy Murray #4

7-6(3) 6-3

David Nalbandian defeated Andy Murray 7-6(3) 6-3 in the 2008 Paris Masters quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Nov 1, 2008*
Tournament: Paris Masters
Edition: 2008
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Hard
Round: QF
Duration: 1h 44m

Match Statistics

Stat	David Nalbandian	Andy Murray
Aces	2	11
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	58.0%	47.0%
First serve points won %	77.0%	72.0%
Second serve points won %	40.0%	36.0%
Break points saved %	50.0%	62.0%
Break points converted %	38.0%	50.0%
Service points won %	62.0%	53.0%
Return points won %	47.0%	38.0%
Total points won %	53.0%	47.0%
Match Serve+	-1.6	-10.2
Match Return+	+10.2	+1.6

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the ATP 2008 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

Field	David Nalbandian	Andy Murray
Country	ARG	GBR
Birth date	Jan 1, 1982	May 15, 1987
Age	26	21
Height	180 cm	191 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	4
Ranking points (entering)	1,875	3,420
Elo (entering)	1,994	2,199
Current career W-L	358–187	715–265
Current career earnings	$11,123,125	$64,687,542

Pre-match H2H

David Nalbandian #8 1 – 0 Andy Murray #4

Path

David Nalbandian's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Juan Martin del Potro #9	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 31, 2008	R16
Nicolas Kiefer #40	7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 29, 2008	R32

David Nalbandian's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Nikolay Davydenko #6	6-1 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Nov 1, 2008	SF

Andy Murray's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Fernando Verdasco #17	6-3 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 31, 2008	R16
Sam Querrey #41	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 29, 2008	R32