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Roger Federer #1 def. David Nalbandian #4

6-4 6-0

Match Information

Date	Oct 22, 2006*
Tournament	Madrid Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Roger Federer
Score	6-4 6-0
Loser	David Nalbandian
Duration	59m

Stat	Roger Federer	David Nalbandian
Aces	9	1
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	66	70
First serve points won %	78	55
Second serve points won %	57	19
Break points saved %	0	50
Break points converted %	50	100
Service points won %	71	44
Return points won %	56	29
Total points won %	62	38

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Federer	David Nalbandian
Country	SUI	ARG
Birth date	Aug 8, 1981	Jan 1, 1982
Age	25	24
Height	185	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	1	4
Ranking points (entering)	7,370	2,900
Elo (entering)	2,366	1,970
Career W-L	1,206–267	356–185
Career earnings	$130,594,339	$11,123,125

Pre-match H2H

Roger Federer 6 – 6 David Nalbandian

Path

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 22, 2006	QF	Robby Ginepri	6-3 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 21, 2006	R16	Robin Soderling	7-6(5) 7-6(8)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 19, 2006	R32	Nicolas Massu	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Federer's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 2006	F	Fernando Gonzalez	7-5 6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 22, 2006	QF	Marat Safin	6-4 6-7(6) 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 21, 2006	R16	Tim Henman	6-2 2-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 19, 2006	R32	Julien Benneteau	6-7(4) 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data