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David Nalbandian #11 def. Davide Sanguinetti #59

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

Match Information

Date	Sep 7, 2005*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	David Nalbandian
Score	4-6 7-6(4) 6-4 6-2
Loser	Davide Sanguinetti
Duration	2h 57m

Stat	David Nalbandian	Davide Sanguinetti
Aces	8	6
Double faults	9	3
First serve %	59	59
First serve points won %	73	64
Second serve points won %	48	54
Break points saved %	67	64
Break points converted %	36	33
Service points won %	63	60
Return points won %	40	37
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	David Nalbandian	Davide Sanguinetti
Country	ARG	ITA
Birth date	Jan 1, 1982	Aug 25, 1972
Age	23	33
Height	180	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	11	59
Ranking points (entering)	1,700	639
Elo (entering)	1,895	1,731
Career W-L	356–185	157–233
Career earnings	$11,123,125	$2,935,584

Pre-match H2H

David Nalbandian 0 – 0 Davide Sanguinetti

Path

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2005	R32	Fernando Gonzalez	7-5 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2005	R64	Peter Wessels	7-6(4) 1-6 6-2 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2005	R128	Alex Bogomolov Jr	6-2 7-5 6-4	W	—	Match data

David Nalbandian's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 2005	QF	Roger Federer	2-6 4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

Davide Sanguinetti's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 2005	R32	Paradorn Srichaphan	6-3 4-6 6-7(2) 7-6(6) 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2005	R64	Carlos Moya	3-6 6-1 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 2005	R128	Wayne Arthurs	6-3 6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data