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Fernando Verdasco #15 def. Andy Murray #4

2-6 6-1 1-6 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 27, 2009*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Fernando Verdasco
Score	2-6 6-1 1-6 6-3 6-4
Loser	Andy Murray
Duration	3h 9m

Stat	Fernando Verdasco	Andy Murray
Aces	10	7
Double faults	6	3
First serve %	74	61
First serve points won %	69	64
Second serve points won %	34	55
Break points saved %	62	71
Break points converted %	29	38
Service points won %	60	60
Return points won %	40	40
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Fernando Verdasco	Andy Murray
Country	ESP	GBR
Birth date	Nov 15, 1983	May 15, 1987
Age	25	21
Height	188	191
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	15	4
Ranking points (entering)	2,830	7,190
Elo (entering)	1,938	2,232
Career W-L	549–441	703–264
Career earnings	$18,368,908	$64,687,542

Pre-match H2H

Fernando Verdasco 0 – 5 Andy Murray

Path

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2009	R32	Radek Stepanek	6-4 6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2009	R64	Arnaud Clement	6-1 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2009	R128	Adrian Mannarino	6-0 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Verdasco's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 29, 2009	QF	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	7-6(2) 3-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Andy Murray's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2009	R32	Jurgen Melzer	7-5 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2009	R64	Marcel Granollers	6-4 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2009	R128	Andrei Pavel	6-2 3-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data