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Mardy Fish #41 def. David Nalbandian #14

7-6(3) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Aug 17, 2003*
Tournament	Cincinnati Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Mardy Fish
Score	7-6(3) 6-3
Loser	David Nalbandian
Duration	1h 25m

Stat	Mardy Fish	David Nalbandian
Aces	6	6
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	58	66
First serve points won %	81	71
Second serve points won %	67	67
Break points saved %	100	75
Break points converted %	25	0
Service points won %	75	69
Return points won %	31	25
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mardy Fish	David Nalbandian
Country	USA	ARG
Birth date	Dec 9, 1981	Jan 1, 1982
Age	21	21
Height	188	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	41	14
Ranking points (entering)	860	1,580
Elo (entering)	1,794	1,904
Career W-L	290–211	356–185
Career earnings	$7,460,641	$11,123,125

Pre-match H2H

Mardy Fish 0 – 0 David Nalbandian

Path

Mardy Fish's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 2003	R16	Arnaud Clement	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 2003	R32	Xavier Malisse	7-5 6-7(5) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 2003	R64	Mark Philippoussis	1-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Mardy Fish's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 17, 2003	SF	Rainer Schuettler	7-6(4) 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 16, 2003	R16	Juan Ignacio Chela	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 14, 2003	R32	Roger Federer	7-6(4) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 13, 2003	R64	Wayne Arthurs	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data