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Fernando Verdasco #15 def. Radek Stepanek #23

6-4 6-0 6-0

Match Information

Date	Jan 25, 2009*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Fernando Verdasco
Score	6-4 6-0 6-0
Loser	Radek Stepanek
Duration	1h 48m

Stat	Fernando Verdasco	Radek Stepanek
Aces	1	2
Double faults	2	5
First serve %	81	58
First serve points won %	71	43
Second serve points won %	46	31
Break points saved %	80	55
Break points converted %	45	20
Service points won %	67	38
Return points won %	62	33
Total points won %	64	36

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Fernando Verdasco	Radek Stepanek
Country	ESP	CZE
Birth date	Nov 15, 1983	Nov 27, 1978
Age	25	30
Height	188	186
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	15	23
Ranking points (entering)	2,830	2,360
Elo (entering)	1,915	1,905
Career W-L	549–441	366–283
Career earnings	$18,368,908	$11,343,464

Pre-match H2H

Fernando Verdasco 0 – 3 Radek Stepanek

Path

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2009	R64	Arnaud Clement	6-1 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2009	R128	Adrian Mannarino	6-0 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Verdasco's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2009	R16	Andy Murray	2-6 6-1 1-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Radek Stepanek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2009	R64	Michael Berrer	6-3 6-2 6-7(3) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2009	R128	Nicolas Lapentti	3-6 6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data