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Tomas Berdych #23 def. Fernando Verdasco #13

2-6 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jul 12, 2008*
Tournament	Bastad
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Tomas Berdych
Score	2-6 6-3 6-2
Loser	Fernando Verdasco
Duration	1h 53m

Stat	Tomas Berdych	Fernando Verdasco
Aces	8	4
Double faults	4	10
First serve %	67	67
First serve points won %	70	78
Second serve points won %	47	26
Break points saved %	71	50
Break points converted %	50	29
Service points won %	63	60
Return points won %	40	37
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tomas Berdych	Fernando Verdasco
Country	CZE	ESP
Birth date	Sep 17, 1985	Nov 15, 1983
Age	22	24
Height	196	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	23	13
Ranking points (entering)	1,115	1,375
Elo (entering)	1,889	1,928
Career W-L	594–321	549–441
Career earnings	$29,491,328	$18,368,908

Pre-match H2H

Tomas Berdych 3 – 2 Fernando Verdasco

Path

Tomas Berdych's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 12, 2008	QF	Potito Starace	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 11, 2008	R16	Thomas Johansson	7-6(2) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Tomas Berdych's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 13, 2008	F	Tommy Robredo	4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 12, 2008	QF	Bjorn Rehnquist	2-6 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 11, 2008	R16	Ervin Eleskovic	6-0 4-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data