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Fabrice Santoro #65 def. David Ferrer #14

6-4 7-5 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jan 25, 2006*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Fabrice Santoro
Score	6-4 7-5 7-5
Loser	David Ferrer
Duration	2h 13m

Stat	Fabrice Santoro	David Ferrer
Aces	6	0
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	60	73
First serve points won %	62	53
Second serve points won %	47	34
Break points saved %	50	44
Break points converted %	56	50
Service points won %	56	48
Return points won %	52	44
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Fabrice Santoro	David Ferrer
Country	FRA	ESP
Birth date	Dec 9, 1972	Apr 2, 1982
Age	33	23
Height	178	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	65	14
Ranking points (entering)	580	1,635
Elo (entering)	1,829	1,837
Career W-L	456–432	700–368
Career earnings	$10,013,832	$31,483,911

Pre-match H2H

Fabrice Santoro 0 – 1 David Ferrer

Path

Fabrice Santoro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2006	R32	Gaston Gaudio	6-3 6-2 5-7 1-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2006	R64	Andrei Pavel	6-4 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2006	R128	Vincent Spadea	3-6 6-0 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Fabrice Santoro's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 2006	QF	David Nalbandian	5-7 0-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data

David Ferrer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2006	R32	Mario Ancic	6-3 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 20, 2006	R64	Daniele Bracciali	6-4 6-4 6-7(5) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 2006	R128	Florent Serra	4-6 6-3 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data