Gaston Gaudio #44 def. David Nalbandian #8

6-3 7-6(5) 6-0

Gaston Gaudio defeated David Nalbandian 6-3 7-6(5) 6-0 in the 2004 Roland Garros semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Jun 6, 2004*
Tournament: Roland Garros
Edition: 2004
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Clay
Round: SF
Duration: 2h 26m

Match Statistics

Stat	Gaston Gaudio	David Nalbandian
Aces	1	2
Double faults	1	5
First serve %	51	65
First serve points won %	64	50
Second serve points won %	55	38
Break points saved %	56	44
Break points converted %	56	44
Service points won %	60	46
Return points won %	54	40
Total points won %	57	43

Player Comparison

Field	Gaston Gaudio	David Nalbandian
Country	ARG	ARG
Birth date	Dec 9, 1978	Jan 1, 1982
Age	25	22
Height	175 cm	180 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	44	8
Ranking points (entering)	780	2,210
Elo (entering)	1,855	2,007
Current career W-L	253–189	358–187
Current career earnings	$6,066,156	$11,123,125

Pre-match H2H

Gaston Gaudio #44 0 – 0 David Nalbandian #8

Path

Gaston Gaudio's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Lleyton Hewitt #12	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 4, 2004	QF
Igor Andreev #77	6-4 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 2, 2004	R16
Thomas Enqvist #65	6-0 6-4 6-7(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	May 30, 2004	R32
Jiri Novak #14	2-6 6-4 6-4 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	May 28, 2004	R64
Guillermo Canas #72	6-2 2-6 4-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	May 26, 2004	R128

Gaston Gaudio's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Guillermo Coria #3	0-6 3-6 6-4 6-1 8-6	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 7, 2004	F

David Nalbandian's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Gustavo Kuerten #30	6-2 3-6 6-4 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 4, 2004	QF
Marat Safin #20	7-5 6-4 6-7(5) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 2, 2004	R16
Stefan Koubek #96	6-7(1) 6-3 7-6(1) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	May 30, 2004	R32
Alejandro Falla #146	5-7 6-0 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	May 28, 2004	R64
Richard Gasquet #106	6-4 7-5 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data	May 26, 2004	R128