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Guillermo Coria #11 def. Fernando Verdasco #56

3-6 6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 8, 2005*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Guillermo Coria
Score	3-6 6-3 6-3
Loser	Fernando Verdasco
Duration	2h 5m

Stat	Guillermo Coria	Fernando Verdasco
Aces	1	5
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	57	67
First serve points won %	69	66
Second serve points won %	56	41
Break points saved %	60	43
Break points converted %	57	40
Service points won %	63	57
Return points won %	43	37
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Guillermo Coria	Fernando Verdasco
Country	ARG	ESP
Birth date	Jan 13, 1982	Nov 15, 1983
Age	23	21
Height	175	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	11	56
Ranking points (entering)	1,915	685
Elo (entering)	1,910	1,757
Career W-L	211–113	549–441
Career earnings	$5,915,620	$18,368,908

Pre-match H2H

Guillermo Coria 1 – 0 Fernando Verdasco

Path

Guillermo Coria's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2005	R16	Davide Sanguinetti	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 5, 2005	R32	Nicolas Kiefer	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 4, 2005	R64	Fernando Gonzalez	7-6(5) 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Guillermo Coria's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 8, 2005	SF	Andre Agassi	7-5 7-6(0)	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2005	R16	Andy Roddick	6-7(1) 7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 5, 2005	R32	Stan Wawrinka	7-6(8) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 4, 2005	R64	Nikolay Davydenko	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data