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David Nalbandian #8 def. Marat Safin #20

7-5 6-4 6-7(5) 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jun 2, 2004*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	David Nalbandian
Score	7-5 6-4 6-7(5) 6-3
Loser	Marat Safin
Duration	3h 24m

Stat	David Nalbandian	Marat Safin
Aces	8	9
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	72	64
First serve points won %	69	67
Second serve points won %	59	44
Break points saved %	70	25
Break points converted %	75	30
Service points won %	66	59
Return points won %	41	34
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	David Nalbandian	Marat Safin
Country	ARG	RUS
Birth date	Jan 1, 1982	Jan 27, 1980
Age	22	24
Height	180	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	20
Ranking points (entering)	2,210	1,270
Elo (entering)	1,962	1,906
Career W-L	356–185	395–247
Career earnings	$11,123,125	$14,373,291

Pre-match H2H

David Nalbandian 0 – 3 Marat Safin

Path

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2004	R32	Stefan Koubek	6-7(1) 6-3 7-6(1) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2004	R64	Alejandro Falla	5-7 6-0 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 2004	R128	Richard Gasquet	6-4 7-5 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data

David Nalbandian's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 4, 2004	QF	Gustavo Kuerten	6-2 3-6 6-4 7-6(6)	W	H2H	Match data

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 30, 2004	R32	Potito Starace	6-7(4) 6-4 3-6 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2004	R64	Felix Mantilla	6-4 2-6 6-2 6-7(4) 11-9	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 2004	R128	Agustin Calleri	5-7 6-1 4-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data