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Wayne Arthurs #99 def. Mario Ancic #29

7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	Feb 27, 2005*
Tournament	Scottsdale
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Wayne Arthurs
Score	7-5 6-3
Loser	Mario Ancic
Duration	1h 21m

Stat	Wayne Arthurs	Mario Ancic
Aces	9	10
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	58	62
First serve points won %	90	70
Second serve points won %	77	44
Break points saved %	—	71
Break points converted %	29	—
Service points won %	85	60
Return points won %	40	15
Total points won %	60	40

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Wayne Arthurs	Mario Ancic
Country	AUS	CRO
Birth date	Mar 18, 1971	Mar 30, 1984
Age	33	20
Height	190	196
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	99	29
Ranking points (entering)	423	1,131
Elo (entering)	1,642	1,848
Career W-L	122–152	193–124
Career earnings	$3,687,809	$4,024,686

Pre-match H2H

Wayne Arthurs 0 – 0 Mario Ancic

Path

Wayne Arthurs's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 2005	SF	Christophe Rochus	7-5 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 2005	QF	Glenn Weiner	6-3 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 25, 2005	R16	Justin Gimelstob	6-2 6-7(5) 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 24, 2005	R32	Taylor Dent	3-6 6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data

Wayne Arthurs's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Mario Ancic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 2005	SF	Vincent Spadea	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 26, 2005	QF	Giovanni Lapentti	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 25, 2005	R16	Mark Philippoussis	6-1 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 24, 2005	R32	Brendan Evans	3-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data