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Xavier Malisse #311 def. David Nalbandian #7

6-1 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 30, 2008*
Tournament	Miami Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Xavier Malisse
Score	6-1 6-4
Loser	David Nalbandian
Duration	1h 11m

Stat	Xavier Malisse	David Nalbandian
Aces	3	0
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	71	49
First serve points won %	67	58
Second serve points won %	53	32
Break points saved %	75	25
Break points converted %	75	25
Service points won %	63	45
Return points won %	55	37
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Xavier Malisse	David Nalbandian
Country	BEL	ARG
Birth date	Jul 19, 1980	Jan 1, 1982
Age	27	26
Height	185	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	311	7
Ranking points (entering)	115	2,100
Elo (entering)	1,740	2,007
Career W-L	282–265	356–185
Career earnings	$5,702,871	$11,123,125

Pre-match H2H

Xavier Malisse 0 – 4 David Nalbandian

Path

Xavier Malisse's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 29, 2008	R128	Oscar Hernandez	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Xavier Malisse's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 1, 2008	R32	Radek Stepanek	3-6 6-7(4)	L	H2H	Match data

David Nalbandian's path

No prior matches in this tournament.