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David Nalbandian #8 def. Wayne Ferreira #25

6-2 6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jan 25, 2004*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	David Nalbandian
Score	6-2 6-4 7-5
Loser	Wayne Ferreira
Duration	1h 44m

Stat	David Nalbandian	Wayne Ferreira
Aces	3	3
Double faults	8	0
First serve %	57	61
First serve points won %	79	65
Second serve points won %	61	45
Break points saved %	50	29
Break points converted %	71	50
Service points won %	71	58
Return points won %	42	29
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	David Nalbandian	Wayne Ferreira
Country	ARG	RSA
Birth date	Jan 1, 1982	Sep 15, 1971
Age	22	32
Height	180	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	25
Ranking points (entering)	2,060	1,125
Elo (entering)	1,996	1,793
Career W-L	356–185	483–314
Career earnings	$11,123,125	$9,969,617

Pre-match H2H

David Nalbandian 0 – 1 Wayne Ferreira

Path

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2004	R64	Florian Mayer	6-1 6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2004	R128	Ricardo Mello	6-2 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

David Nalbandian's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2004	R16	Guillermo Canas	6-4 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Wayne Ferreira's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2004	R64	David Sanchez	2-6 6-3 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2004	R128	Victor Hanescu	6-4 3-6 7-6(3) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data