David Ferrer #18 def. Tomas Berdych #15

6-3 7-5

David Ferrer defeated Tomas Berdych 6-3 7-5 in the 2006 Stuttgart Open semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Jul 22, 2006*
Tournament: Stuttgart Open
Edition: 2006
Category: ATP International Series Gold → modern equivalent ATP 500
Surface: Clay
Round: SF
Duration: 1h 20m

Match Statistics

Stat	David Ferrer	Tomas Berdych
Aces	1	5
Double faults	2	5
First serve %	61	58
First serve points won %	88	65
Second serve points won %	43	41
Break points saved %	67	33
Break points converted %	67	33
Service points won %	70	55
Return points won %	45	30
Total points won %	56	44

Player Comparison

Field	David Ferrer	Tomas Berdych
Country	ESP	CZE
Birth date	Apr 2, 1982	Sep 17, 1985
Age	24	20
Height	175 cm	196 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	18	15
Ranking points (entering)	1,475	1,615
Elo (entering)	1,854	1,908
Current career W-L	703–371	599–324
Current career earnings	$31,483,911	$29,491,328

Pre-match H2H

David Ferrer #18 1 – 2 Tomas Berdych #15

Path

David Ferrer's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Florian Mayer #69	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 22, 2006	QF
Stan Wawrinka #71	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 21, 2006	R16
Jiri Novak #131	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 20, 2006	R32

David Ferrer's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jose Acasuso #32	6-4 3-6 6-7(3) 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 23, 2006	F

Tomas Berdych's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Nicolas Lapentti #140	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 22, 2006	QF
Diego Junqueira #162	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 21, 2006	R16
Hugo Armando #201	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 20, 2006	R32