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David Nalbandian #3 def. Mario Ancic #15

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 14, 2006*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	David Nalbandian
Score	6-3 6-3
Loser	Mario Ancic
Duration	1h 24m

Stat	David Nalbandian	Mario Ancic
Aces	0	2
Double faults	1	1
First serve %	42	63
First serve points won %	78	67
Second serve points won %	62	29
Break points saved %	67	20
Break points converted %	80	33
Service points won %	69	53
Return points won %	47	31
Total points won %	58	42

Pre-match Comparison

Field	David Nalbandian	Mario Ancic
Country	ARG	CRO
Birth date	Jan 1, 1982	Mar 30, 1984
Age	24	22
Height	180	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	3	15
Ranking points (entering)	2,845	1,455
Elo (entering)	2,022	1,874
Career W-L	356–185	193–124
Career earnings	$11,123,125	$4,024,686

Pre-match H2H

David Nalbandian 3 – 0 Mario Ancic

Path

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2006	R16	Alberto Martin	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2006	R32	Paul-Henri Mathieu	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2006	R64	Fernando Vicente	6-2 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

David Nalbandian's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 14, 2006	SF	Roger Federer	3-6 6-3 6-7(5)	L	H2H	Match data

Mario Ancic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 13, 2006	R16	Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo	6-3 6-7(4) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 11, 2006	R32	Florent Serra	3-6 7-6(10) 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
May 10, 2006	R64	Luis Horna	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data