Gaston Gaudio #13 def. Mariano Zabaleta #93

6-4 1-6 6-2

Gaston Gaudio defeated Mariano Zabaleta 6-4 1-6 6-2 in the 2005 Stuttgart Open quarterfinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Jul 23, 2005*
Tournament: Stuttgart Open
Edition: 2005
Category: ATP International Series Gold → modern equivalent ATP 500
Surface: Clay
Round: QF
Duration: 1h 43m

Match Statistics

Stat	Gaston Gaudio	Mariano Zabaleta
Aces	1	2
Double faults	0	3
First serve %	71	62
First serve points won %	67	70
Second serve points won %	52	41
Break points saved %	62	43
Break points converted %	57	38
Service points won %	62	59
Return points won %	41	38
Total points won %	51	49

Player Comparison

Field	Gaston Gaudio	Mariano Zabaleta
Country	ARG	ARG
Birth date	Dec 9, 1978	Feb 28, 1978
Age	26	27
Height	175 cm	183 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	13	93
Ranking points (entering)	1,590	440
Elo (entering)	1,928	1,771
Current career W-L	253–189	201–208
Current career earnings	$6,066,156	$3,204,127

Pre-match H2H

Gaston Gaudio #13 2 – 2 Mariano Zabaleta #93

Path

Gaston Gaudio's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Paul-Henri Mathieu #56	6-2 6-7(3) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 22, 2005	R16
Andreas Beck #357	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 21, 2005	R32

Gaston Gaudio's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Nikolay Davydenko #7	6-3 2-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 23, 2005	SF

Mariano Zabaleta's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Gilles Simon #132	7-6(3) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 22, 2005	R16
Olivier Rochus #36	4-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 21, 2005	R32
Aljoscha Thron #1473	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 20, 2005	R64