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Andy Murray #5 def. David Ferrer #7

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

Match Information

Date	Jan 29, 2011*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	Andy Murray
Score	4-6 7-6(2) 6-1 7-6(2)
Loser	David Ferrer
Duration	3h 46m

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

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Andy Murray	David Ferrer
Country	GBR	ESP
Birth date	May 15, 1987	Apr 2, 1982
Age	23	28
Height	191	175
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)	2,173	2,130
Career W-L	703–264	700–368
Career earnings	$64,687,542	$31,483,911

Pre-match H2H

Andy Murray 2 – 3 David Ferrer

Path

Andy Murray's path

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

Andy Murray's next match

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

David Ferrer's path

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