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Olivier Patience #171 def. Nikolay Davydenko #52

7-6(2) 6-7(7) 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 23, 2004*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Olivier Patience
Score	7-6(2) 6-7(7) 6-3 6-2
Loser	Nikolay Davydenko
Duration	2h 56m

Stat	Olivier Patience	Nikolay Davydenko
Aces	8	4
Double faults	2	5
First serve %	68	72
First serve points won %	72	62
Second serve points won %	50	51
Break points saved %	67	60
Break points converted %	40	33
Service points won %	65	59
Return points won %	41	35
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Olivier Patience	Nikolay Davydenko
Country	FRA	RUS
Birth date	Mar 25, 1980	Jun 2, 1981
Age	23	22
Height	180	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	171	52
Ranking points (entering)	215	670
Elo (entering)	1,530	1,631
Career W-L	26–53	467–324
Career earnings	$1,030,897	$16,186,480

Pre-match H2H

Olivier Patience 0 – 0 Nikolay Davydenko

Path

Olivier Patience's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2004	R128	Igor Andreev	4-6 4-6 7-6(4) 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2004	Q3	Ivan Miranda	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2004	Q2	Franco Ferreiro	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 19, 2004	Q1	Maximilian Abel	6-3 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data

Olivier Patience's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 2004	R32	James Blake	1-6 3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

Nikolay Davydenko's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2004	R128	Arnaud Clement	6-7(6) 4-6 6-4 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data