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David Nalbandian #12 def. Roger Federer #6

6-4 3-6 6-1 1-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 22, 2003*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	David Nalbandian
Score	6-4 3-6 6-1 1-6 6-3
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	2h 58m

Stat	David Nalbandian	Roger Federer
Aces	3	9
Double faults	2	9
First serve %	59	52
First serve points won %	63	75
Second serve points won %	56	37
Break points saved %	59	53
Break points converted %	47	41
Service points won %	60	57
Return points won %	43	40
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	David Nalbandian	Roger Federer
Country	ARG	SUI
Birth date	Jan 1, 1982	Aug 8, 1981
Age	21	21
Height	180	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	12	6
Ranking points (entering)	1,740	2,475
Elo (entering)	1,871	1,925
Career W-L	356–185	1,206–267
Career earnings	$11,123,125	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

David Nalbandian 2 – 0 Roger Federer

Path

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2003	R32	Xavier Malisse	4-6 6-2 6-0 3-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2003	R64	Jaymon Crabb	6-1 7-6(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2003	R128	Jerome Golmard	3-6 6-3 6-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

David Nalbandian's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 24, 2003	QF	Rainer Schuettler	3-6 7-5 1-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2003	R32	Andreas Vinciguerra	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2003	R64	Lars Burgsmuller	6-3 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2003	R128	Flavio Saretta	7-6(4) 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data