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Fernando Verdasco #21 def. Marin Cilic #55

6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jun 21, 2008*
Tournament	Nottingham
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Fernando Verdasco
Score	6-3 6-1
Loser	Marin Cilic
Duration	1h 3m

Stat	Fernando Verdasco	Marin Cilic
Aces	3	1
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	79	52
First serve points won %	79	52
Second serve points won %	78	48
Break points saved %	100	50
Break points converted %	50	0
Service points won %	79	50
Return points won %	50	21
Total points won %	62	38

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Fernando Verdasco	Marin Cilic
Country	ESP	CRO
Birth date	Nov 15, 1983	Sep 28, 1988
Age	24	19
Height	188	198
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	21	55
Ranking points (entering)	1,240	645
Elo (entering)	1,895	1,783
Career W-L	549–441	572–344
Career earnings	$18,368,908	$33,355,926

Pre-match H2H

Fernando Verdasco 1 – 0 Marin Cilic

Path

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 21, 2008	QF	Gilles Simon	6-3 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 2008	R16	Bobby Reynolds	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 19, 2008	R32	Marcos Daniel	6-4 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Verdasco's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 2008	F	Ivo Karlovic	5-7 7-6(4) 6-7(8)	L	H2H	Match data

Marin Cilic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 21, 2008	QF	Thomas Johansson	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 2008	R16	Alex Bogdanovic	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 19, 2008	R32	Paul-Henri Mathieu	1-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data