Nikolay Davydenko #8 def. Radek Stepanek #16

6-1 4-6 6-1

Nikolay Davydenko defeated Radek Stepanek 6-1 4-6 6-1 in the 2009 Shanghai Masters quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Oct 17, 2009*
Tournament: Shanghai Masters
Edition: 2009
Category: Masters 1000
Surface: Hard
Round: QF
Duration: 2h 2m

Match Statistics

Stat	Nikolay Davydenko	Radek Stepanek
Aces	5	7
Double faults	2	2
First serve %	69	55
First serve points won %	67	65
Second serve points won %	48	34
Break points saved %	78	57
Break points converted %	43	22
Service points won %	61	51
Return points won %	49	39
Total points won %	55	45

Player Comparison

Field	Nikolay Davydenko	Radek Stepanek
Country	RUS	CZE
Birth date	Jun 2, 1981	Nov 27, 1978
Age	28	30
Height	178 cm	186 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	8	16
Ranking points (entering)	3,710	2,055
Elo (entering)	2,081	1,966
Current career W-L	470–329	366–285
Current career earnings	$16,186,480	$11,343,464

Pre-match H2H

Nikolay Davydenko #8 3 – 4 Radek Stepanek #16

Path

Nikolay Davydenko's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Fernando Gonzalez #12	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 16, 2009	R16
Igor Kunitsyn #116	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 14, 2009	R32

Nikolay Davydenko's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Novak Djokovic #4	4-6 6-4 7-6(1)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 17, 2009	SF

Radek Stepanek's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Stan Wawrinka #22	3-6 7-6(5) 4-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 16, 2009	R16
Andreas Beck #36	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 14, 2009	R32
Juan Carlos Ferrero #21	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 13, 2009	R64