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David Nalbandian #8 def. Albert Costa #39

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

Match Information

Date	May 9, 2004*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	David Nalbandian
Score	6-7(4) 6-1 6-4
Loser	Albert Costa
Duration	2h 38m

Stat	David Nalbandian	Albert Costa
Aces	5	4
Double faults	7	2
First serve %	61	66
First serve points won %	81	66
Second serve points won %	49	46
Break points saved %	50	75
Break points converted %	25	50
Service points won %	69	59
Return points won %	41	31
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	David Nalbandian	Albert Costa
Country	ARG	ESP
Birth date	Jan 1, 1982	Jun 25, 1975
Age	22	28
Height	180	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	8	39
Ranking points (entering)	2,085	885
Elo (entering)	1,992	1,769
Career W-L	356–185	368–263
Career earnings	$11,123,125	$7,685,228

Pre-match H2H

David Nalbandian 1 – 0 Albert Costa

Path

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2004	QF	Vincent Spadea	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2004	R16	Filippo Volandri	7-6(4) 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 6, 2004	R32	Flavio Saretta	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 5, 2004	R64	Robin Soderling	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

David Nalbandian's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2004	F	Carlos Moya	3-6 3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Albert Costa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2004	QF	Jiri Novak	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2004	R16	Luis Horna	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 6, 2004	R32	Roger Federer	3-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 5, 2004	R64	Alex Corretja	7-6(5) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data