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David Sanchez #57 def. Mario Ancic #78

6-1 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 24, 2003*
Tournament	St. Poelten
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	David Sanchez
Score	6-1 6-4
Loser	Mario Ancic
Duration	1h 4m

Stat	David Sanchez	Mario Ancic
Aces	1	1
Double faults	3	5
First serve %	59	44
First serve points won %	66	50
Second serve points won %	40	29
Break points saved %	25	12
Break points converted %	88	75
Service points won %	55	38
Return points won %	62	45
Total points won %	59	41

Pre-match Comparison

Field	David Sanchez	Mario Ancic
Country	ESP	CRO
Birth date	Apr 20, 1978	Mar 30, 1984
Age	25	19
Height	183	196
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	57	78
Ranking points (entering)	733	539
Elo (entering)	1,691	1,613
Career W-L	87–119	193–124
Career earnings	$1,451,767	$4,024,686

Pre-match H2H

David Sanchez 0 – 0 Mario Ancic

Path

David Sanchez's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 23, 2003	R16	Davide Sanguinetti	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 22, 2003	R32	Markus Hipfl	6-1 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

David Sanchez's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 24, 2003	SF	Andy Roddick	2-6 0-2 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data

Mario Ancic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 23, 2003	R16	Jean-Rene Lisnard	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
May 22, 2003	R32	Taylor Dent	2-6 7-6(3) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data