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Nikolay Davydenko #5 def. Dominik Hrbaty #15

4-6 4-6 6-4 6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 25, 2006*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Nikolay Davydenko
Score	4-6 4-6 6-4 6-2 6-3
Loser	Dominik Hrbaty
Duration	3h 30m

Stat	Nikolay Davydenko	Dominik Hrbaty
Aces	6	7
Double faults	3	6
First serve %	69	50
First serve points won %	59	72
Second serve points won %	62	41
Break points saved %	57	33
Break points converted %	67	43
Service points won %	60	56
Return points won %	44	40
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nikolay Davydenko	Dominik Hrbaty
Country	RUS	SVK
Birth date	Jun 2, 1981	Jan 4, 1978
Age	24	28
Height	178	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	15
Ranking points (entering)	2,355	1,540
Elo (entering)	1,906	1,842
Career W-L	467–324	326–296
Career earnings	$16,186,480	$7,070,095

Pre-match H2H

Nikolay Davydenko 2 – 1 Dominik Hrbaty

Path

Nikolay Davydenko's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2006	R32	Nathan Healey	6-2 5-7 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2006	R64	Kevin Kim	4-6 6-0 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2006	R128	Ivo Karlovic	7-5 4-6 3-6 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Nikolay Davydenko's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2006	QF	Roger Federer	4-6 6-3 6-7(7) 6-7(5)	L	H2H	Match data

Dominik Hrbaty's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2006	R32	Igor Andreev	1-6 6-4 6-3 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2006	R64	Dick Norman	6-2 7-5 5-7 4-6 10-8	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2006	R128	Oliver Marach	3-6 4-6 6-2 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data