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David Nalbandian #11 def. Juan Ignacio Chela #25

6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	Feb 23, 2008*
Tournament	Buenos Aires
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	David Nalbandian
Score	6-1 6-2
Loser	Juan Ignacio Chela
Duration	58m

Stat	David Nalbandian	Juan Ignacio Chela
Aces	1	3
Double faults	2	4
First serve %	51	46
First serve points won %	76	50
Second serve points won %	80	38
Break points saved %	—	20
Break points converted %	80	—
Service points won %	78	44
Return points won %	56	22
Total points won %	68	32

Pre-match Comparison

Field	David Nalbandian	Juan Ignacio Chela
Country	ARG	ARG
Birth date	Jan 1, 1982	Aug 30, 1979
Age	26	28
Height	180	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	11	25
Ranking points (entering)	1,700	1,305
Elo (entering)	2,012	1,752
Career W-L	356–185	306–268
Career earnings	$11,123,125	$6,572,494

Pre-match H2H

David Nalbandian 3 – 2 Juan Ignacio Chela

Path

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 23, 2008	QF	Potito Starace	4-6 7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 22, 2008	R16	Fabio Fognini	7-6(5) 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 2008	R32	Peter Luczak	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

David Nalbandian's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 24, 2008	F	Jose Acasuso	3-6 7-6(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Ignacio Chela's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 23, 2008	QF	Nicolas Almagro	6-3 2-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 22, 2008	R16	Thomaz Bellucci	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 21, 2008	R32	Santiago Ventura	5-7 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data