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Fernando Verdasco #30 def. Marin Cilic #102

6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 27, 2007*
Tournament	St. Petersburg
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	Fernando Verdasco
Score	6-2 6-3
Loser	Marin Cilic
Duration	1h 9m

Stat	Fernando Verdasco	Marin Cilic
Aces	1	4
Double faults	0	2
First serve %	83	51
First serve points won %	81	64
Second serve points won %	56	46
Break points saved %	100	40
Break points converted %	60	0
Service points won %	77	55
Return points won %	45	23
Total points won %	61	39

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Fernando Verdasco	Marin Cilic
Country	ESP	CRO
Birth date	Nov 15, 1983	Sep 28, 1988
Age	23	19
Height	188	198
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	30	102
Ranking points (entering)	935	428
Elo (entering)	1,882	1,723
Career W-L	549–441	572–344
Career earnings	$18,368,908	$33,355,926

Pre-match H2H

Fernando Verdasco 0 – 0 Marin Cilic

Path

Fernando Verdasco's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 2007	QF	Potito Starace	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 2007	R16	Simone Bolelli	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 2007	R32	Werner Eschauer	7-6(4) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Fernando Verdasco's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 28, 2007	F	Andy Murray	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Marin Cilic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 27, 2007	QF	Ernests Gulbis	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 2007	R16	Nikolay Davydenko	1-6 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 25, 2007	R32	Mikhail Elgin	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 23, 2007	Q3	Andis Juska	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 22, 2007	Q2	Vladimir Karusevich	6-0 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data