Andy Murray #5 def. David Ferrer #7

4-6 7-6(2) 6-1 7-6(2)

Andy Murray defeated David Ferrer 4-6 7-6(2) 6-1 7-6(2) in the 2011 Australian Open semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 29, 2011*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 2011
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Hard
Round: SF
Duration: 3h 46m

Match Statistics

Stat	Andy Murray	David Ferrer
Aces	9	5
Double faults	3	2
First serve %	60	66
First serve points won %	75	61
Second serve points won %	37	48
Break points saved %	72	45
Break points converted %	55	28
Service points won %	60	56
Return points won %	44	40
Total points won %	52	48

Player Comparison

Field	Andy Murray	David Ferrer
Country	GBR	ESP
Birth date	May 15, 1987	Apr 2, 1982
Age	23	28
Height	191 cm	175 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	7
Ranking points (entering)	5,760	3,895
Elo (entering)	2,175	2,132
Current career W-L	715–265	703–371
Current career earnings	$64,687,542	$31,483,911

Pre-match H2H

Andy Murray #5 2 – 3 David Ferrer #7

Path

Andy Murray's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Alexandr Dolgopolov #46	7-5 6-3 6-7(3) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 27, 2011	QF
Jurgen Melzer #11	6-3 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 25, 2011	R16
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez #32	6-1 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 23, 2011	R32
Illya Marchenko #79	6-1 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 20, 2011	R64
Karol Beck #101	6-3 6-1 4-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 2011	R128

Andy Murray's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Novak Djokovic #3	4-6 2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 30, 2011	F

David Ferrer's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Rafael Nadal #1	6-4 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 27, 2011	QF
Milos Raonic #152	4-6 6-2 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 25, 2011	R16
Ricardas Berankis #95	6-2 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 23, 2011	R32
Michael Russell #100	6-0 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 20, 2011	R64
Jarkko Nieminen #40	6-4 6-3 1-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 2011	R128