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Mariano Zabaleta #40 def. Nicolas Massu #11

6-1 7-5

Match Information

Date	May 9, 2004*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Mariano Zabaleta
Score	6-1 7-5
Loser	Nicolas Massu
Duration	1h 30m

Stat	Mariano Zabaleta	Nicolas Massu
Aces	4	2
Double faults	3	3
First serve %	70	57
First serve points won %	76	78
Second serve points won %	63	29
Break points saved %	100	62
Break points converted %	38	0
Service points won %	72	57
Return points won %	43	28
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mariano Zabaleta	Nicolas Massu
Country	ARG	CHI
Birth date	Feb 28, 1978	Oct 10, 1979
Age	26	24
Height	183	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	40	11
Ranking points (entering)	880	1,556
Elo (entering)	1,756	1,741
Career W-L	199–206	218–217
Career earnings	$3,204,127	$4,344,833

Pre-match H2H

Mariano Zabaleta 2 – 2 Nicolas Massu

Path

Mariano Zabaleta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2004	R16	Tim Henman	3-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 6, 2004	R32	Felix Mantilla	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 5, 2004	R64	Juan Ignacio Chela	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Mariano Zabaleta's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2004	SF	Carlos Moya	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Massu's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2004	R16	Marat Safin	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 6, 2004	R32	Irakli Labadze	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 5, 2004	R64	Massimo Dell'Acqua	6-7(9) 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data