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David Nalbandian #13 def. Roger Federer #2

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

Match Information

Date	Sep 3, 2003*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	David Nalbandian
Score	3-6 7-6(1) 6-4 6-3
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	2h 52m

Stat	David Nalbandian	Roger Federer
Aces	3	16
Double faults	4	4
First serve %	60	55
First serve points won %	67	67
Second serve points won %	62	43
Break points saved %	56	62
Break points converted %	38	44
Service points won %	65	56
Return points won %	44	35
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	David Nalbandian	Roger Federer
Country	ARG	SUI
Birth date	Jan 1, 1982	Aug 8, 1981
Age	21	22
Height	180	185
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)	1,932	2,054
Career W-L	356–185	1,206–267
Career earnings	$11,123,125	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

David Nalbandian 4 – 0 Roger Federer

Path

David Nalbandian's path

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

David Nalbandian's next match

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

Roger Federer's path

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