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Roger Federer #1 def. David Nalbandian #3

3-6 6-4 5-2 (ret.)

Match Information

Date	Jun 11, 2006*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	3-6 6-4 5-2 (ret.)
Loser	David Nalbandian
Duration	1h 38m

Stat	Roger Federer	David Nalbandian
Aces	4	1
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	57	66
First serve points won %	78	57
Second serve points won %	48	68
Break points saved %	40	50
Break points converted %	50	60
Service points won %	65	61
Return points won %	39	35
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	David Nalbandian
Country	SUI	ARG
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Jan 1, 1982
Age	24	24
Height	185	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	3
Ranking points (entering)	7,010	3,065
Elo (entering)	2,330	2,069
Career W-L	1,206–267	356–185
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$11,123,125

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 5 – 6 David Nalbandian

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 9, 2006	QF	Mario Ancic	6-4 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 2006	R16	Tomas Berdych	6-3 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 2006	R32	Nicolas Massu	6-1 6-2 6-7(4) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2006	R64	Alejandro Falla	6-1 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2006	R128	Diego Hartfield	7-5 7-6(2) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 12, 2006	F	Rafael Nadal	6-1 1-6 4-6 6-7(4)	L	H2H	Match data

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 9, 2006	QF	Nikolay Davydenko	6-3 6-3 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 2006	R16	Martin Vassallo Arguello	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 2006	R32	Dmitry Tursunov	2-6 5-7 6-4 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 2, 2006	R64	Richard Gasquet	6-2 3-6 7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2006	R128	Stan Wawrinka	6-2 7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data