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David Nalbandian #4 def. Marat Safin #49

6-4 6-7(6) 7-6(2)

Match Information

Date	Oct 22, 2006*
Tournament	Madrid Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	David Nalbandian
Score	6-4 6-7(6) 7-6(2)
Loser	Marat Safin
Duration	2h 57m

Stat	David Nalbandian	Marat Safin
Aces	3	19
Double faults	5	2
First serve %	60	59
First serve points won %	71	70
Second serve points won %	61	49
Break points saved %	70	69
Break points converted %	31	30
Service points won %	67	62
Return points won %	38	33
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	David Nalbandian	Marat Safin
Country	ARG	RUS
Birth date	Jan 1, 1982	Jan 27, 1980
Age	24	26
Height	180	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	49
Ranking points (entering)	2,900	765
Elo (entering)	1,957	1,884
Career W-L	356–185	395–247
Career earnings	$11,123,125	$14,373,291

Pre-match H2H

David Nalbandian 1 – 5 Marat Safin

Path

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 21, 2006	R16	Tim Henman	6-2 2-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 19, 2006	R32	Julien Benneteau	6-7(4) 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

David Nalbandian's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 22, 2006	SF	Roger Federer	4-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 21, 2006	R16	Kristof Vliegen	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 19, 2006	R32	Marcos Baghdatis	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 2006	R64	Jose Acasuso	7-6(5) 6-7(4) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data