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Marat Safin #8 def. Juan Carlos Ferrero #3

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Apr 26, 2003*
Tournament	Barcelona
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Marat Safin
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	Juan Carlos Ferrero
Duration	1h 7m

Stat	Marat Safin	Juan Carlos Ferrero
Aces	12	4
Double faults	1	4
First serve %	70	67
First serve points won %	76	69
Second serve points won %	62	28
Break points saved %	0	25
Break points converted %	75	100
Service points won %	72	56
Return points won %	44	28
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marat Safin	Juan Carlos Ferrero
Country	RUS	ESP
Birth date	Jan 27, 1980	Feb 12, 1980
Age	23	23
Height	193	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	3
Ranking points (entering)	1,965	3,135
Elo (entering)	1,851	1,980
Career W-L	395–247	457–254
Career earnings	$14,373,291	$13,998,165

Pre-match H2H

Marat Safin 3 – 2 Juan Carlos Ferrero

Path

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 2003	QF	Gaston Gaudio	6-4 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 2003	R16	Jarkko Nieminen	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 2003	R32	Salvador Navarro	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Marat Safin's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 2003	F	Carlos Moya	7-5 2-6 2-6 0-3 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data

Juan Carlos Ferrero's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 2003	QF	Gustavo Kuerten	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 2003	R16	Filippo Volandri	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 2003	R32	Franco Squillari	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data