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Juan Martin del Potro #6 def. Juan Carlos Ferrero #25

6-3 6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 8, 2009*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Juan Martin del Potro
Score	6-3 6-3 6-3
Loser	Juan Carlos Ferrero
Duration	2h 8m

Stat	Juan Martin del Potro	Juan Carlos Ferrero
Aces	22	4
Double faults	1	2
First serve %	68	67
First serve points won %	80	64
Second serve points won %	52	46
Break points saved %	100	56
Break points converted %	44	0
Service points won %	71	58
Return points won %	42	29
Total points won %	57	43

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Juan Martin del Potro	Juan Carlos Ferrero
Country	ARG	ESP
Birth date	Sep 23, 1988	Feb 12, 1980
Age	20	29
Height	198	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	6	25
Ranking points (entering)	5,325	1,490
Elo (entering)	2,189	2,012
Career W-L	416–172	457–254
Career earnings	$25,896,046	$13,998,165

Pre-match H2H

Juan Martin del Potro 0 – 2 Juan Carlos Ferrero

Path

Juan Martin del Potro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2009	R32	Daniel Koellerer	6-1 3-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2009	R64	Jurgen Melzer	7-6(6) 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2009	R128	Juan Monaco	6-3 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Martin del Potro's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 2009	QF	Marin Cilic	4-6 6-3 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Carlos Ferrero's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 2009	R32	Gilles Simon	1-6 6-4 7-6(5) 1-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 2009	R64	Philipp Petzschner	1-6 3-6 6-4 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 2009	R128	Fabrice Santoro	6-4 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data