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Marat Safin #8 def. David Nalbandian #10

6-2 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 25, 2004*
Tournament	Madrid Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Marat Safin
Score	6-2 6-4 6-3
Loser	David Nalbandian
Duration	1h 52m

Stat	Marat Safin	David Nalbandian
Aces	15	1
Double faults	2	3
First serve %	58	50
First serve points won %	81	61
Second serve points won %	65	39
Break points saved %	33	54
Break points converted %	46	67
Service points won %	74	50
Return points won %	50	26
Total points won %	61	39

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marat Safin	David Nalbandian
Country	RUS	ARG
Birth date	Jan 27, 1980	Jan 1, 1982
Age	24	22
Height	193	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	10
Ranking points (entering)	2,325	1,875
Elo (entering)	1,889	1,918
Career W-L	395–247	356–185
Career earnings	$14,373,291	$11,123,125

Pre-match H2H

Marat Safin 3 – 1 David Nalbandian

Path

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 24, 2004	SF	Andre Agassi	6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 24, 2004	QF	Luis Horna	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 2004	R16	Stefan Koubek	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 21, 2004	R32	Feliciano Lopez	7-5 6-7(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Marat Safin's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 24, 2004	SF	Ivan Ljubicic	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 24, 2004	QF	Taylor Dent	7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 2004	R16	Paradorn Srichaphan	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 21, 2004	R32	Robin Soderling	7-6(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data