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Juan Carlos Ferrero #4 def. Fabrice Santoro #34

4-6 6-3 4-6 6-2 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jan 19, 2003*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Juan Carlos Ferrero
Score	4-6 6-3 4-6 6-2 7-5
Loser	Fabrice Santoro
Duration	3h 34m

Stat	Juan Carlos Ferrero	Fabrice Santoro
Aces	11	10
Double faults	5	14
First serve %	56	58
First serve points won %	81	65
Second serve points won %	59	45
Break points saved %	40	77
Break points converted %	23	60
Service points won %	71	57
Return points won %	43	29
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Juan Carlos Ferrero	Fabrice Santoro
Country	ESP	FRA
Birth date	Feb 12, 1980	Dec 9, 1972
Age	22	30
Height	183	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	4	34
Ranking points (entering)	2,835	975
Elo (entering)	1,953	1,780
Career W-L	457–254	456–432
Career earnings	$13,998,165	$10,013,832

Pre-match H2H

Juan Carlos Ferrero 2 – 0 Fabrice Santoro

Path

Juan Carlos Ferrero's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2003	R64	Jean-Rene Lisnard	6-0 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2003	R128	Franco Squillari	7-6(5) 3-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Juan Carlos Ferrero's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 22, 2003	R16	Mario Ancic	6-0 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Fabrice Santoro's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 17, 2003	R64	Wayne Arthurs	6-3 6-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 2003	R128	Bjorn Phau	6-4 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data