Site data updated: 2026-05-28 18:14 UTC

David Nalbandian #3 def. Mario Ancic #23

6-2 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 26, 2006*
Tournament	Miami Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	David Nalbandian
Score	6-2 6-2
Loser	Mario Ancic
Duration	57m

Stat	David Nalbandian	Mario Ancic
Aces	3	7
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	78	56
First serve points won %	88	57
Second serve points won %	67	33
Break points saved %	100	0
Break points converted %	100	0
Service points won %	83	46
Return points won %	54	17
Total points won %	68	32

Pre-match Comparison

Field	David Nalbandian	Mario Ancic
Country	ARG	CRO
Birth date	Jan 1, 1982	Mar 30, 1984
Age	24	21
Height	180	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	23
Ranking points (entering)	2,560	1,425
Elo (entering)	2,008	1,886
Career W-L	356–185	193–124
Career earnings	$11,123,125	$4,024,686

Pre-match H2H

David Nalbandian 2 – 0 Mario Ancic

Path

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 25, 2006	R16	Radek Stepanek	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 23, 2006	R32	Tomas Berdych	6-7(3) 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 22, 2006	R64	Paul Goldstein	3-6 7-5 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data

David Nalbandian's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 2006	SF	Ivan Ljubicic	1-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Mario Ancic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 25, 2006	R16	Nikolay Davydenko	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 23, 2006	R32	Florent Serra	7-6(4) 6-7(11) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 22, 2006	R64	Kevin Kim	6-3 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data