Marat Safin #8 def. Gaston Gaudio #21

6-4 4-6 7-5

Marat Safin defeated Gaston Gaudio 6-4 4-6 7-5 in the 2003 Barcelona Open quarterfinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Apr 26, 2003*
Tournament: Barcelona Open
Edition: 2003
Category: ATP International Series Gold → modern equivalent ATP 500
Surface: Clay
Round: QF
Duration: 2h 43m

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Marat Safin	Gaston Gaudio
Country	RUS	ARG
Birth date	Jan 27, 1980	Dec 9, 1978
Age	23	24
Height	193 cm	175 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	8	21
Ranking points (entering)	1,965	1,335
Elo (entering)	1,873	1,822
Current career W-L	396–249	253–189
Current career earnings	$14,373,291	$6,066,156

Pre-match H2H

Marat Safin #8 2 – 2 Gaston Gaudio #21

Path

Marat Safin's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Jarkko Nieminen #35	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 25, 2003	R16
Salvador Navarro #206	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 24, 2003	R32

Marat Safin's next match

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

Gaston Gaudio's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
David Sanchez #48	7-5 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 25, 2003	R16
Arnaud Clement #37	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 24, 2003	R32
Fernando Vicente #58	4-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 23, 2003	R64