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Nikolay Davydenko #13 def. Jurgen Melzer #47

6-3 2-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 22, 2005*
Tournament	St. Poelten
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	F
Winner	Nikolay Davydenko
Score	6-3 2-6 6-4
Loser	Jurgen Melzer
Duration	2h 15m

Stat	Nikolay Davydenko	Jurgen Melzer
Aces	2	0
Double faults	4	5
First serve %	72	55
First serve points won %	66	64
Second serve points won %	36	41
Break points saved %	67	67
Break points converted %	33	33
Service points won %	57	54
Return points won %	46	42
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nikolay Davydenko	Jurgen Melzer
Country	RUS	AUT
Birth date	Jun 2, 1981	May 22, 1981
Age	23	24
Height	178	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	13	47
Ranking points (entering)	1,505	810
Elo (entering)	1,866	1,776
Career W-L	467–324	326–303
Career earnings	$16,186,480	$10,739,212

Pre-match H2H

Nikolay Davydenko 1 – 0 Jurgen Melzer

Path

Nikolay Davydenko's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 21, 2005	SF	Jose Acasuso	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 21, 2005	QF	Felix Mantilla	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 20, 2005	R16	Sjeng Schalken	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2005	R32	Michal Mertinak	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Nikolay Davydenko's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Jurgen Melzer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 21, 2005	SF	Christophe Rochus	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 21, 2005	QF	David Sanchez	5-7 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 20, 2005	R16	Gilles Muller	6-2 6-7(5) 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 19, 2005	R32	Marco Mirnegg	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data