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David Nalbandian #8 def. Nikolay Davydenko #6

6-1 5-7 6-4

Match Information

Date	Nov 1, 2008*
Tournament	Paris Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	David Nalbandian
Score	6-1 5-7 6-4
Loser	Nikolay Davydenko
Duration	2h 5m

Stat	David Nalbandian	Nikolay Davydenko
Aces	3	7
Double faults	1	3
First serve %	59	52
First serve points won %	76	71
Second serve points won %	57	50
Break points saved %	67	50
Break points converted %	50	33
Service points won %	68	61
Return points won %	39	32
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	David Nalbandian	Nikolay Davydenko
Country	ARG	RUS
Birth date	Jan 1, 1982	Jun 2, 1981
Age	26	27
Height	180	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	6
Ranking points (entering)	1,875	2,265
Elo (entering)	2,019	1,941
Career W-L	356–185	467–324
Career earnings	$11,123,125	$16,186,480

Pre-match H2H

David Nalbandian 3 – 3 Nikolay Davydenko

Path

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 1, 2008	QF	Andy Murray	7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 31, 2008	R16	Juan Martin del Potro	6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 2008	R32	Nicolas Kiefer	7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

David Nalbandian's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 2, 2008	F	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	3-6 6-4 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Nikolay Davydenko's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Nov 1, 2008	QF	Rafael Nadal	6-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 31, 2008	R16	Tomas Berdych	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 29, 2008	R32	Ivan Ljubicic	7-6(5) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data