R16 US Open 2003

David Nalbandian #13 def. Roger Federer #2

3-6 7-6(1) 6-4 6-3

David Nalbandian defeated Roger Federer 3-6 7-6(1) 6-4 6-3 in the 2003 US Open round of 16 on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 3, 2003*
Tournament: US Open
Edition: 2003
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: R16
Duration: 2h 52m

Match Statistics

Stat	David Nalbandian	Roger Federer
Aces	3	16
Double faults	4	4
First serve %	60.0%	55.0%
First serve points won %	67.0%	67.0%
Second serve points won %	62.0%	43.0%
Break points saved %	56.0%	62.0%
Break points converted %	38.0%	44.0%
Service points won %	65.0%	56.0%
Return points won %	44.0%	35.0%
Total points won %	53.0%	47.0%

Player Comparison

Field	David Nalbandian	Roger Federer
Country	ARG	SUI
Birth date	Jan 1, 1982	Aug 8, 1981
Age	21	22
Height	180 cm	185 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	13	2
Ranking points (entering)	1,700	3,825
Elo (entering)	1,931	2,051
Current career W-L	358–187	1,219–272
Current career earnings	$11,123,125	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

David Nalbandian #13 4 – 0 Roger Federer #2

Path

David Nalbandian's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Mark Philippoussis #20	7-5 6-7(10) 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 31, 2003	R32
Jarkko Nieminen #39	5-7 6-3 6-1 4-6 7-6(3)	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 29, 2003	R64
Philipp Kohlschreiber #271	6-4 7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 27, 2003	R128

David Nalbandian's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Younes El Aynaoui #21	7-6(2) 6-2 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 5, 2003	QF

Roger Federer's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
James Blake #35	6-3 7-6(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 31, 2003	R32
Jean-Rene Lisnard #94	6-1 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 29, 2003	R64
Jose Acasuso #75	5-7 6-3 6-3 2-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 27, 2003	R128