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Mariano Zabaleta #40 def. Tim Henman #7

3-6 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 8, 2004*
Tournament	Rome Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Mariano Zabaleta
Score	3-6 6-3 6-2
Loser	Tim Henman
Duration	1h 41m

Stat	Mariano Zabaleta	Tim Henman
Aces	2	4
Double faults	3	4
First serve %	58	57
First serve points won %	85	70
Second serve points won %	61	55
Break points saved %	0	57
Break points converted %	43	100
Service points won %	75	64
Return points won %	36	25
Total points won %	54	46

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mariano Zabaleta	Tim Henman
Country	ARG	GBR
Birth date	Feb 28, 1978	Sep 6, 1974
Age	26	29
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	40	7
Ranking points (entering)	880	2,140
Elo (entering)	1,731	1,954
Career W-L	199–206	468–260
Career earnings	$3,204,127	$11,635,542

Pre-match H2H

Mariano Zabaleta 3 – 3 Tim Henman

Path

Mariano Zabaleta's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 6, 2004	R32	Felix Mantilla	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 5, 2004	R64	Juan Ignacio Chela	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Mariano Zabaleta's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 2004	QF	Nicolas Massu	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Tim Henman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 6, 2004	R32	Radek Stepanek	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 5, 2004	R64	Florian Mayer	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data