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Juan Ignacio Chela #26 def. Marat Safin #32

6-7(2) 6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Apr 18, 2004*
Tournament	Estoril
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Juan Ignacio Chela
Score	6-7(2) 6-3 6-3
Loser	Marat Safin
Duration	2h 24m

Stat	Juan Ignacio Chela	Marat Safin
Aces	0	5
Double faults	7	0
First serve %	64	48
First serve points won %	74	60
Second serve points won %	30	50
Break points saved %	62	25
Break points converted %	75	38
Service points won %	58	55
Return points won %	45	42
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Juan Ignacio Chela	Marat Safin
Country	ARG	RUS
Birth date	Aug 30, 1979	Jan 27, 1980
Age	24	24
Height	190	193
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	26	32
Ranking points (entering)	1,090	985
Elo (entering)	1,838	1,876
Career W-L	306–268	395–247
Career earnings	$6,572,494	$14,373,291

Pre-match H2H

Juan Ignacio Chela 0 – 2 Marat Safin

Path

Juan Ignacio Chela's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 2004	SF	Florian Mayer	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 2004	QF	Olivier Patience	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 16, 2004	R16	Diogo Rocha	6-0 2-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 15, 2004	R32	Guillermo Canas	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Ignacio Chela's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 2004	SF	Irakli Labadze	2-3 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 2004	QF	Tommy Robredo	7-6(2) 2-6 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 16, 2004	R16	Thierry Ascione	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 15, 2004	R32	Cyril Saulnier	5-7 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data