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David Nalbandian #25 def. Roger Federer #1

1-6 6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 21, 2007*
Tournament	Madrid Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	David Nalbandian
Score	1-6 6-3 6-3
Loser	Roger Federer
Duration	1h 49m

Stat	David Nalbandian	Roger Federer
Aces	4	8
Double faults	2	1
First serve %	53	59
First serve points won %	75	75
Second serve points won %	51	45
Break points saved %	60	40
Break points converted %	60	40
Service points won %	64	63
Return points won %	37	36
Total points won %	50	50

Pre-match Comparison

Field	David Nalbandian	Roger Federer
Country	ARG	SUI
Birth date	Jan 1, 1982	Aug 8, 1981
Age	25	26
Height	180	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	One-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	25	1
Ranking points (entering)	1,160	7,355
Elo (entering)	1,921	2,383
Career W-L	356–185	1,206–267
Career earnings	$11,123,125	$130,594,339

Pre-match H2H

David Nalbandian 6 – 8 Roger Federer

Path

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 2007	SF	Novak Djokovic	6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 2007	QF	Rafael Nadal	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 19, 2007	R16	Juan Martin del Potro	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 2007	R32	Tomas Berdych	4-6 6-4 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 2007	R64	Arnaud Clement	5-7 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

David Nalbandian's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Roger Federer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 2007	SF	Nicolas Kiefer	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 20, 2007	QF	Feliciano Lopez	7-6(4) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 19, 2007	R16	Guillermo Canas	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 2007	R32	Robby Ginepri	7-6(2) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data