David Ferrer #81 def. David Sanchez #71

6-1 6-2

David Ferrer defeated David Sanchez 6-1 6-2 in the 2002 Tiriac Open semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 14, 2002*
Tournament: Tiriac Open
Edition: 2002
Category: ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250
Surface: Clay
Round: SF
Duration: 58m

Match Statistics

Stat	David Ferrer	David Sanchez
Aces	1	0
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	66	45
First serve points won %	79	62
Second serve points won %	67	38
Break points saved %	—	33
Break points converted %	67	—
Service points won %	75	49
Return points won %	51	25
Total points won %	63	37

Player Comparison

Field	David Ferrer	David Sanchez
Country	ESP	ESP
Birth date	Apr 2, 1982	Apr 20, 1978
Age	20	24
Height	175 cm	183 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	81	71
Ranking points (entering)	474	568
Elo (entering)	1,617	1,651
Current career W-L	703–371	87–119
Current career earnings	$31,483,911	$1,451,767

Pre-match H2H

David Ferrer #81 0 – 0 David Sanchez #71

Path

David Ferrer's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Arnaud Di Pasquale	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 14, 2002	QF
Jurgen Melzer #98	6-4 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 13, 2002	R16
Andrea Gaudenzi #118	4-6 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 12, 2002	R32

David Ferrer's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jose Acasuso #56	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 15, 2002	F

David Sanchez's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Galo Blanco #146	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 14, 2002	QF
Christophe Rochus #110	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 13, 2002	R16
Cedric Pioline #123	3-6 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 12, 2002	R32