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Marat Safin #2 def. David Nalbandian #32

6-3 6-3 3-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jun 2, 2002*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Marat Safin
Score	6-3 6-3 3-6 6-4
Loser	David Nalbandian
Duration	2h 40m

Stat	Marat Safin	David Nalbandian
Aces	6	3
Double faults	2	9
First serve %	53	53
First serve points won %	86	67
Second serve points won %	37	41
Break points saved %	64	61
Break points converted %	39	36
Service points won %	63	55
Return points won %	45	37
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marat Safin	David Nalbandian
Country	RUS	ARG
Birth date	Jan 27, 1980	Jan 1, 1982
Age	22	20
Height	193	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	32
Ranking points (entering)	2,935	1,034
Elo (entering)	1,971	1,814
Career W-L	395–247	356–185
Career earnings	$14,373,291	$11,123,125

Pre-match H2H

Marat Safin 1 – 0 David Nalbandian

Path

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2002	R64	Olivier Rochus	4-6 6-2 3-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2002	R128	Michael Llodra	6-4 2-6 7-6(7) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Marat Safin's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 2002	R16	Arnaud Di Pasquale	3-6 6-4 6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 31, 2002	R64	Flavio Saretta	6-3 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 29, 2002	R128	Agustin Calleri	6-2 5-7 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data