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Nicolas Coutelot #208 def. David Nalbandian #8

6-3 6-3 4-6 2-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	May 30, 2003*
Tournament	Roland Garros
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Clay
Round	R64
Winner	Nicolas Coutelot
Score	6-3 6-3 4-6 2-6 6-1
Loser	David Nalbandian
Duration	2h 51m

Stat	Nicolas Coutelot	David Nalbandian
Aces	13	2
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	50	53
First serve points won %	72	57
Second serve points won %	48	53
Break points saved %	54	11
Break points converted %	89	46
Service points won %	60	55
Return points won %	45	40
Total points won %	53	47

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicolas Coutelot	David Nalbandian
Country	FRA	ARG
Birth date	Feb 9, 1977	Jan 1, 1982
Age	26	21
Height	185	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	208	8
Ranking points (entering)	165	1,935
Elo (entering)	1,591	1,817
Career W-L	13–19	356–185
Career earnings	$390,290	$11,123,125

Pre-match H2H

Nicolas Coutelot 1 – 0 David Nalbandian

Path

Nicolas Coutelot's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2003	R128	Davide Sanguinetti	6-3 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2003	Q3	Sergio Roitman	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 27, 2003	Q2	Noam Okun	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
May 26, 2003	Q1	Pavel Snobel	6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Nicolas Coutelot's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 1, 2003	R32	Arnaud Clement	4-6 3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

David Nalbandian's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 28, 2003	R128	Albert Montanes	6-4 6-3 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data