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Fernando Verdasco #56 def. Andy Roddick #3

6-7(1) 7-6(3) 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 7, 2005*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Fernando Verdasco
Score	6-7(1) 7-6(3) 6-4
Loser	Andy Roddick
Duration	2h 34m

Stat	Fernando Verdasco	Andy Roddick
Aces	13	12
Double faults	2	0
First serve %	75	72
First serve points won %	76	70
Second serve points won %	37	38
Break points saved %	79	69
Break points converted %	31	21
Service points won %	66	61
Return points won %	39	34
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Fernando Verdasco	Andy Roddick
Country	ESP	USA
Birth date	Nov 15, 1983	Aug 30, 1982
Age	21	22
Height	188	188
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	56	3
Ranking points (entering)	685	3,515
Elo (entering)	1,729	2,087
Career W-L	549–441	577–196
Career earnings	$18,368,908	$20,640,030

Pre-match H2H

Fernando Verdasco 1 – 2 Andy Roddick

Path

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 5, 2005	R32	Stan Wawrinka	7-6(8) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 4, 2005	R64	Nikolay Davydenko	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Verdasco's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2005	QF	Guillermo Coria	6-3 3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Andy Roddick's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 5, 2005	R32	Albert Costa	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 4, 2005	R64	Greg Rusedski	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data