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Marat Safin #8 def. Gaston Gaudio #21

6-4 4-6 7-5

Match Information

Date	Apr 26, 2003*
Tournament	Barcelona
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Marat Safin
Score	6-4 4-6 7-5
Loser	Gaston Gaudio
Duration	2h 43m

Stat	Marat Safin	Gaston Gaudio
Aces	7	0
Double faults	2	0
First serve %	60	68
First serve points won %	69	67
Second serve points won %	37	29
Break points saved %	54	42
Break points converted %	58	46
Service points won %	56	55
Return points won %	45	44
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marat Safin	Gaston Gaudio
Country	RUS	ARG
Birth date	Jan 27, 1980	Dec 9, 1978
Age	23	24
Height	193	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	8	21
Ranking points (entering)	1,965	1,335
Elo (entering)	1,835	1,822
Career W-L	395–247	253–188
Career earnings	$14,373,291	$6,066,156

Pre-match H2H

Marat Safin 2 – 2 Gaston Gaudio

Path

Marat Safin's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 2003	R16	Jarkko Nieminen	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 2003	R32	Salvador Navarro	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Marat Safin's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 2003	SF	Juan Carlos Ferrero	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Gaston Gaudio's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 2003	R16	David Sanchez	7-5 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 24, 2003	R32	Arnaud Clement	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 23, 2003	R64	Fernando Vicente	4-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data