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Brian Baker #216 def. Nikolay Davydenko #53

6-7(5) 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 25, 2012*
Tournament	Nice
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Brian Baker
Score	6-7(5) 6-4 6-2
Loser	Nikolay Davydenko
Duration	2h 32m

Stat	Brian Baker	Nikolay Davydenko
Aces	7	1
Double faults	2	5
First serve %	62	70
First serve points won %	61	52
Second serve points won %	43	38
Break points saved %	64	43
Break points converted %	57	36
Service points won %	54	48
Return points won %	52	46
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Brian Baker	Nikolay Davydenko
Country	USA	RUS
Birth date	Apr 30, 1985	Jun 2, 1981
Age	27	30
Height	191	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	216	53
Ranking points (entering)	231	850
Elo (entering)	1,585	1,853
Career W-L	20–39	467–324
Career earnings	$1,184,653	$16,186,480

Pre-match H2H

Brian Baker 0 – 0 Nikolay Davydenko

Path

Brian Baker's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 25, 2012	QF	Mikhail Kukushkin	4-6 6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
May 24, 2012	R16	Gael Monfils	6-3 7-6(9)	W	H2H	Match data
May 23, 2012	R32	Sergiy Stakhovsky	6-7(2) 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 21, 2012	Q3	Alejandro Gonzalez	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 20, 2012	Q2	David Guez	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 20, 2012	Q1	Ilija Bozoljac	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Brian Baker's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 26, 2012	F	Nicolas Almagro	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Nikolay Davydenko's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 25, 2012	QF	John Isner	6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
May 24, 2012	R16	Denis Istomin	6-4 1-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 23, 2012	R32	Matthew Ebden	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data