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David Nalbandian #8 def. Juan Martin del Potro #9

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 25, 2008*
Tournament	Basel
Category	ATP 500
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	David Nalbandian
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Juan Martin del Potro
Duration	1h 20m

Stat	David Nalbandian	Juan Martin del Potro
Aces	7	6
Double faults	1	0
First serve %	75	66
First serve points won %	74	59
Second serve points won %	57	58
Break points saved %	67	40
Break points converted %	60	33
Service points won %	70	59
Return points won %	41	30
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	David Nalbandian	Juan Martin del Potro
Country	ARG	ARG
Birth date	Jan 1, 1982	Sep 23, 1988
Age	26	20
Height	180	198
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	9
Ranking points (entering)	1,750	1,735
Elo (entering)	1,951	2,014
Career W-L	356–185	416–172
Career earnings	$11,123,125	$25,896,046

Pre-match H2H

David Nalbandian 1 – 1 Juan Martin del Potro

Path

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 2008	QF	Benjamin Becker	7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 24, 2008	R16	Kristof Vliegen	6-4 5-7 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 2008	R32	Albert Montanes	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

David Nalbandian's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 2008	F	Roger Federer	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Juan Martin del Potro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 2008	QF	Igor Andreev	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 24, 2008	R16	Stephane Bohli	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 2008	R32	George Bastl	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data