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Marcos Baghdatis #54 def. David Nalbandian #4

3-6 5-7 6-3 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 29, 2006*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Marcos Baghdatis
Score	3-6 5-7 6-3 6-4 6-4
Loser	David Nalbandian
Duration	3h 27m

Stat	Marcos Baghdatis	David Nalbandian
Aces	15	5
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	56	67
First serve points won %	70	63
Second serve points won %	50	50
Break points saved %	59	38
Break points converted %	62	41
Service points won %	61	59
Return points won %	41	39
Total points won %	52	48

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marcos Baghdatis	David Nalbandian
Country	CYP	ARG
Birth date	Jun 17, 1985	Jan 1, 1982
Age	20	24
Height	183	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	54	4
Ranking points (entering)	684	2,370
Elo (entering)	1,846	2,038
Career W-L	324–272	356–185
Career earnings	$8,918,917	$11,123,125

Pre-match H2H

Marcos Baghdatis 1 – 1 David Nalbandian

Path

Marcos Baghdatis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2006	QF	Ivan Ljubicic	6-4 6-2 4-6 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2006	R16	Andy Roddick	6-4 1-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2006	R32	Denis Gremelmayr	6-2 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2006	R64	Radek Stepanek	6-4 6-3 3-6 0-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2006	R128	Justin Gimelstob	7-6(6) 7-5 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Marcos Baghdatis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 30, 2006	F	Roger Federer	7-5 5-7 0-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2006	QF	Fabrice Santoro	7-5 6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2006	R16	Tommy Robredo	6-3 6-0 2-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2006	R32	Jarkko Nieminen	2-6 6-3 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2006	R64	Stan Wawrinka	6-4 3-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2006	R128	Danai Udomchoke	6-2 6-2 1-6 6-7(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data